“…Myocardial edema affects cardiac function in a variety of pathologic states. It has been associated with reperfusion injury after acute myocardial ischemia, acute cellular rejection in cardiac transplants, an increase in left ventricular stiffness and impairment of diastolic filling [3]. In addition, myocardial edema decreases cardiac output and, when chronic, can cause interstitial fibrosis [4].…”