title: [Asymmetric pulmonary perfusion causing unilateral pulmonary edema as a complication of acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: Acute unilateral pulmonary edema is an unusual clinical condition occasionally associated with severe mitral valve insufficiency. We describe a patient diagnosed as having unilateral pulmonary edema after an acute anterior myocardial infarction. Echocardiograms performed in the acute phase ruled out mitral insufficiency. A perfusion lung scan showed left-sided pulmonary hypoperfusion. The diagnosis of acquired hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery tree was made by chest computed tomography. The pathogenesis and differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain. carlospenagil@hotmail.com
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Peña
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Jaquet
authors: Julio
authors: J
authors: Salgado
authors: Virginia
authors: V
authors: Pubul
authors: Alvaro
authors: A
authors: Ruibal
authors: Begoña
authors: B
authors: Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed