Pickering syndrome – Cardiology MCQ – Answer

Pickering syndrome – Cardiology MCQ – Answer

Pickering syndrome is  – Correct answer: 2. Pulmonary edema due to renal artery stenosis

Flash pulmonary edema occurs rapidly and resolves rapidly. The original description was Pickering et al in 1988 [1]. Hence the entity has been termed Pickering syndrome by Messerli FH et al [2]. It is seen with either bilateral renal artery stenosis or in case of single functional kidney with ipsilateral renal artery stenosis. Read more on Flash pulmonary edema in renal artery stenosis: Pickering Syndrome.

References

1. Pickering TG et al. Recurrent pulmonary oedema in hypertension due to bilateral renal artery stenosis: treatment by angioplasty or surgical intervention. Lancet. 1988; 2: 551–552.
2. Flash pulmonary oedema and bilateral renal artery stenosis: the Pickering Syndrome. Eur Heart J. 2011 Sep;32(18):2231-5.

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