Pulmonary Edema and End-Stage Renal Disease
A 61-year-old woman with New York Heart Association classification class III heart failure has a history of pulmonary edema and end-stage renal disease.
She was found to have aortic valve stenosis and underwent aortic valve replacement. Postoperatively, she had fevers and pulmonary congestion.
Please see the transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) images in Figures 46-1, 46-2, 46-3, 46-4 and 46-5 and Videos 46-1 to 46-3.
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QUESTION 1. The postoperative TTE to evaluate left ventricular (LV) function demonstrates findings consistent with which of the following (select all that apply)?
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