Post-Operative Acute Pulmonary Edema and Heart Failure in Previously Healthy Collegiate Athlete: A Case Report

The objective of this paper is to present the case of a healthy, nineteen-year-old female collegiate soccer player who presented with acute pulmonary edema and acute heart failure in recovery status post hip labrum arthroscopic surgery. The patient's initial diagnosis, of negative pressure pulmonary edema in direct relation to extubation, was questioned when the patient became hemodynamically unstable. After receiving the results of a cardiac biopsy, the final diagnosis was determined to be acute pulmonary edema and heart failure secondary to viral myocarditis. The patient was treated and discharged ten days after admission. Specific and substantiated return to play guidelines after a cardiac event, specifically viral myocarditis, have been sparse. The inter-professional collaboration between athletic trainers and cardiologists is a key dynamic in the clinical decision-making process of a safe return to competitive athletic participation following a cardiac event.PMID:35622944 | DOI:10.4085/1062-6050-0458.21
Source: J Athl Train - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Source Type: research