Open AccessPost-surgical unilateral left pulmonary edema after mitral valve replacement – A diagnostic challenge
Author(s) -
Saipriya Tharimena,
AV R Naidu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_180_19
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve replacement , pulmonary edema , complication , mitral valve , surgery , edema , occlusion , pulmonary oedema , cardiology , lung
Unilateral left pulmonary edema due to inadvertent surgical occlusion of left superior and inferior pulmonary veins is not only an exceedingly rare complication of mitral valve surgeries but also a diagnostic challenge in the postoperative recovery unit. Described here is a case of a 38-year-old male who developed progressively worsening unilateral left pulmonary edema after mitral valve replacement on postoperative day-1. The diagnosis was mostly by the exclusion of multiple possible differentials and was confirmed during reexploration surgery.