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Left ventricular failure and pulmonary edema in acute multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
Melin J.,
Usenius JP.,
Fogelholm R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00002.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary edema , cardiology , fulminant , edema , heart failure , multiple sclerosis , lung , psychiatry
We describe a young woman who developed left ventricular failure and pulmonary edema during fulminant onset of multiple sclerosis. One of the numerous plaques was located in the the left inferior cerebellar peduncle near the dorsal motor vagal and solitary tract nuclei. Within two days pulmonary edema had cleared, and within three days left ventricular function was normal. To our knowledge, left ventricular failure has not earlier been verified in acute multiple sclerosis.