Acute nonhemodynamic pulmonary edema with nifedipine in primary pulmonary hypertension.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 34-year-old man with primary pulmonary hypertension developed acute nonhemodynamic pulmonary edema after a loading dose of nifedipine. Changes of the vascular permeability induced by the drug acting on the arteriolar wall of the capillary system could be an explanation.
Medical subject headings
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Nifedipine
- Pulmonary Edema