Pulmonary edema and elevated left atrial pressure: four hours and beyond.
Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is caused by the increase in left atrial pressure when the left heart fails. The increased pressure causes rapid fluid accumulation within the lung interstitial spaces. However, over the following days to weeks, additional fluid may accumulate due to the deposition of excess lung connective tissue.
Drake
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 77030, USA.
Doursout
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D000818:Animals; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology*