Cor Vasa 2024, 66(4):440-443 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2024.028

(Swimming induced pulmonary edema as an unusual cause of acute dyspnea)

Kateřina Gottwaldováa, Marie Bulíčkováb, Marek Houraa
a Interní oddělení, Oblastní nemocnice Kolín, Kolín, Česká republika
b Oddělení tělovýchovného lékařství, Oblastní nemocnice Kolín, Kolín, Česká republika

Swimming induced pulmonary edema is an acute, potentially life-threatening condition that has a good prognosis with early, correct diagnosis and therapy. It affects physically active individuals, more often women, during sports activities such as swimming or diving. Clinical manifestations are sudden shortness of breath, cough, hypoxemia. Risk factors are identified, including previously undiagnosed cardiac disease. This implies the importance of preventive examinations for physically active individuals.

Keywords: Pulmonary edema, Swimming, Triatlon

Received: March 1, 2024; Revised: March 29, 2024; Accepted: March 29, 2024; Prepublished online: June 2, 2012; Published: September 9, 2024  Show citation

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Gottwaldová K, Bulíčková M, Houra M. (Swimming induced pulmonary edema as an unusual cause of acute dyspnea). Cor Vasa. 2024;66(4):440-443. doi: 10.33678/cor.2024.028.
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