Journal of Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine 0 , Vol 0, Issue 0
Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema and Acute Respiratory Failure after Right Heart Catheterization: A Rare Complication with A Diagnostic Dilemma
İlkay Ergenç 1 , Semiha Emel Eryüksel 2 , Sait Karakurt 2
1Department of Internal Diseases, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
2Department of Chest Diseases, Division of Intensive Care, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.5152/dcbybd.2018.1738

Although right heart catheterization (RHC) is generally a safe procedure, serious adverse events can occur during the procedure. We report a case of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema and respiratory failure after RHC to assess pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient who was a candidate for lung transplantation and discuss the differential diagnosis of pulmonary edema.

Keywords : Pulmonary edema, respiratory failure, air embolism, right heart catheterization