Acute pulmonary oedema in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension and normal pulmonary capillary wedge pressure.
Acute pulmonary oedema with normal pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, occurred in 2 patients with primary pulmonary hypertension, probably due to venoocclusive diseases. In both cases an increase in cardiac output induced by vasodilator therapy with a calcium antagonist or a viral infection with fever lead to an increase in hydrostatic pulmonary capillary pressure which was not identical to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure.
Department of Pneumology, University Hospitals Leuven, U.Z. Pellenberg, Pellenberg, Belgium.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure