Pulmonary Edema and Diastolic Heart Failure in the Perioperative Period

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is a diagnosis encountered with increasing frequency in the aging population. We present a case of postoperative pulmonary edema in 63-year-old male with HFPEF. This patient highlights the gap in risk stratification with respect to diastolic hea...

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Autores principales: Royce-Nagel, Galen, Karamchandani, Kunal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29607222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5101534
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Sumario:Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is a diagnosis encountered with increasing frequency in the aging population. We present a case of postoperative pulmonary edema in 63-year-old male with HFPEF. This patient highlights the gap in risk stratification with respect to diastolic heart failure.

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