Pulmonary edema postcardioversion: A potential calcium signalling problem

• Published in: Canadian 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
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.03.2006; Pulsus Group Inc
• Subjects: Calcium signalling; Cardioversion; Case Report; Pulmonary edema; Verapamil; Calcium signalling; Cardioversion; Verapamil; Pulmonary edema

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...