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Rapid onset pulmonary edema (flash edema) in renal artery stenosis
1Department of Internal Medicine, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|May 26, 1998
Abstract:
Abrupt onset pulmonary edema, that rapidly resolves (flash edema) may be due to renal artery stenosis. We describe two patients with renal artery stenosis who experienced a life-threatening episode of flash edema. Relief of the stenosis prevented recurrence of the flash edema.