Pulmonary oedema patient benefits from advanced treatment
The Hindu
He had a densely calcific disease, shock waves were administered to crack the calcium
An 81-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension and a previous history of bypass surgery was recently admitted in Venkateswara Hospital for chest pain and breathing difficulty.
He was diagnosed with acute pulmonary oedema with fluid accumulating in the lungs. He had also suffered cardiogenic shock and his BP was very low. He was put on non-invasive ventilation and medically stabilised in intensive care unit.
He then underwent emergency coronary angiogram, which showed that all the bypass grafts had occluded and he had a critical densely calcific disease. The hospital decided on PCI considering his advanced age, a release said.
The girl, who was admitted to Aster CMI Hospital with alarming breathlessness and significant pallor, was diagnosed with Wegener’s Granulomatosis (now known as Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis or GPA), a rare autoimmune condition that causes spontaneous bleeding in the lungs, leading to acute respiratory failure.
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