Letter by Lacout et al Regarding Article, “Prevalence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Patients Presenting With Cardiogenic Unilateral Pulmonary Edema”
Author(s) -
Alexis Lacout,
Pierre Yves Marcy,
Triet Ngo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.005082
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , heart failure , pulmonary edema , incidence (geometry) , pulmonary artery , cardiology , lung , physics , optics
To the Editor:It is with great interest that we read the article by Attias et al, “Prevalence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Patients Presenting With Cardiogenic Unilateral Pulmonary Edema,” which appeared in the September 14, 2010 issue of Circulation .1 We wish to congratulate the authors, and would like to make some comments.This interesting retrospective study regarding the incidence and pathogenesis of unilateral pulmonary embolism included 869 consecutive patients presenting with heart failure and pulmonary edema. Prevalence of unilateral pulmonary …
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