by Simone Cremers, Jennifer Bradshaw and Freek Herfkens
Radiology department of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in
Dordrecht and the Medical Centre Alkmaar, the Netherlands, the
Netherlands
http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/4c132f36513d4
The vascular pedicle width (VPW) can help in differentiating these different forms of pulmonary edema (6):
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Normal VPW: most common in capillary permeability or acute cardiac failure.
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Widened VPW: most common in overhydration/renal failure and chronic cardiac failure.
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Narrowed VPW: most common in capillary permeability.
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