Acute pulmonary edema in the post partum and cor triatriatum sinistrum.
A case is described of an apparently healthy young woman in her first pregnancy who presented with acute pulmonary edema in the early postpartum period in the context of mild pregnancy-induced hypertension. After quick improvement in her condition, a Doppler followed by a transesophageal study revealed a left atrial septation with a small atrial septal defect secundum type and moderate mitral regurgitation strongly suggestive of a cor triatriatum sinistrum.
Thorin
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Department of Anesthesiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aebischer
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N
Landolt
J
J
DeQuay
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N
Ravussin
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P
De Grandi
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