Images in clinical medicine. Asymmetric edema of the upper lung due to mitral valvular dysfunction

N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 30;361(5):e6. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm0801147.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Chordae Tendineae
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications*
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / complications
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Edema / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Rupture, Spontaneous