Pulmonary edema postcardioversion: A potential calcium signalling problem

The present report describes an unusual case of pulmonary edema after adenosine cardioversion of a supraventricular tachycardia. Despite a structurally normal heart, a 52-year-old woman presented with pulmonary edema on two separate occasions, having had her atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachyca...

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Published inCanadian journal of cardiology Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 259 - 262
Main Authors Hersi, Ahmad, Armstrong, Paul W, Choy, Jonathan B., Gulamhusein, Sajad, Kavanagh, Katherine M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.03.2006
Pulsus Group Inc
Subjects
Calcium signalling
Cardioversion
Case Report
Pulmonary edema
Verapamil
Calcium signalling
Cardioversion
Verapamil
Pulmonary edema
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Summary:The present report describes an unusual case of pulmonary edema after adenosine cardioversion of a supraventricular tachycardia. Despite a structurally normal heart, a 52-year-old woman presented with pulmonary edema on two separate occasions, having had her atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia terminated with 12 mg of intravenous adenosine. A third similar episode of tachycardia that was terminated with verapamil was not complicated by pulmonary edema. Le présent rapport décrit un cas inhabituel d’œdème pulmonaire après une cardioversion d’adénosine d’une tachycardie supraventriculaire. Malgré un cœur de structure normale, une femme de 52 ans a consulté à cause d’un œdème pulmonaire en deux occasions distinctes. La tachycardie nodale auriculoventriculaire de réentrée a été stoppée à l’aide de 12 mg d’adénosine par voie intraveineuse. Un troisième épisode similaire de tachycardie a été stoppé par du vérapamil, mais sans complication d’œdème pulmonaire.
ISSN:0828-282X
1916-7075
DOI:10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70907-2