When radiography is performed in patients with mitral regurgitation, cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a typical finding; however, asymmetric pulmonary edema has also been reported. We describe the case of a patient in whom mitral valve regurgitation caused isolated pulmonary edema in the right upper lung. We include a discussion of pulmonary edema in conjunction with mitral regurgitation.
A L Young, C S Langston, R L Schiffman, and M J Shortsleeve.
Department of Radiology, Mount Auburn Hospital, A Harvard University Community Teaching Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02238, USA.
Tex Heart Inst J. 2001 Jan 1; 28 (1): 53-6.
AbstractWhen radiography is performed in patients with mitral regurgitation, cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a typical finding; however, asymmetric pulmonary edema has also been reported. We describe the case of a patient in whom mitral valve regurgitation caused isolated pulmonary edema in the right upper lung. We include a discussion of pulmonary edema in conjunction with mitral regurgitation.