Pulmonary Edema After Cardioversion for Paroxysmal Atrial Flutter
| Autor: | Tomio Ochi, Hiroyasu Ushimaru, Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Muneyasu Saito, Mari Takayama, Shuichi Yamaura |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Physiology medicine.medical_treatment Electric Countershock Diastole Pulmonary Edema Cardioversion Electrocardiography Nitroglycerin Ventricular Dysfunction Left Furosemide Internal medicine Edema Humans Medicine cardiovascular diseases Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Oxygen Inhalation Therapy Pulmonary edema medicine.disease Atrial Flutter Anesthesia cardiovascular system Cardiology Radiography Thoracic medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Atrial flutter medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Japanese Circulation Journal. 64:76-79 |
| ISSN: | 1347-4839 0047-1828 |
| Popis: | This report describes a patient with the pulmonary edema after cardioversion for paroxysmal atrial flutter without organic heart disease. A 68-year-old man was admitted to hospital for paroxysmal atrial flutter. Antiarrhythmic agents were not effective, and direct current cardioversion was performed on the 4th hospital day. Three hours after cardioversion, the patient complained of dyspnea, and a chest X-ray showed pulmonary edema. He responded to oxygen, intravenous furosemide and drip infusion of nitroglycerine. During tapering of the medication, his condition remained stable. The patient was discharged on the 7th day after admission. Echocardiographic findings indicated that transient left ventricular diastolic dysfunction due to direct current shock was the most likely cause of the lung edema. |
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