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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farnaz Khalighinejad, MD [2]
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for pulmonary edema is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients who experienced cardiogenic shock following acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Surgery
- The mainstay of treatment for pulmonary edema is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients who experienced cardiogenic shock following acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema[1]
- We can consider angioplasty or cardiac bypass surgery as definitive therapy in patient with underlying cardiac disease
- Definitive therapy for the patient with cardiogenic shock caused by acute valvular disorders involves emergent valvuloplasty or valve replacement
References
- ↑ Mattu A, Martinez JP, Kelly BS (November 2005). "Modern management of cardiogenic pulmonary edema". Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 23 (4): 1105–25. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2005.07.005. PMID 16199340.