Synopsis. Born in 1954 in Los Angeles, California, Patty Hearst is the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, founder of the Hearst media empire. On February 4, 1974, at age 19, Patty Hearst was kidnapped by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army. Not long after, she announced that she had joined the SLA and began participating in criminal activity with the group, including robbery and extortion.
If pulmonary edema continues, it can raise pressure in the pulmonary artery (pulmonary hypertension), and eventually the right ventricle in your heart becomes weak and begins to fail. The right ventricle has a much thinner wall of muscle than does the left side of your heart because it is under less pressure to pump blood into the lungs.
You need to find out what is causing the fluid build up. If it is due to congestive heart failure, there are medications that can help to strengthen the heart so it pumps properly, as the result of fluid build up can be life threatening. Pneumonia can be another cause for fluid in the lungs, this needs to be treated with antibiotics as to much fluid can weigh down the tiny hairs that are in your lungs.