Pulmonary edema causes accumulation of fluid in the lungs leading to shortness of breath and coughing of blood. Although it is commonly caused due to congestive heart failure, there might be other ...

The section presents a review of diastolic congestive heart failure, commonly called ... that may result in dyspnea, pulmonary congestion or pulmonary edema. As HF progresses, chronic elevation ...

Use of routine thoracentesis in addition to medical therapy yielded no significant benefits for adults with heart failure and pleural ... or reexpansion of pulmonary edema occurred, 25% of the ...