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.
1 Preload reducers. 2  The pressure caused by fluid in the lungs can be alleviated by medications called preload reducers. 3  Furosemide (Lasix), which is a diuretic, triggers urination to get rid of excess fluid. 4  Nitroglycerin is a drug that causes blood vessels to dilate. Treating fluid in the lungs due to high-altitude. 2  Fluid in the lungs due to high-altitude is also known as high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). 3  If you begin to experience symptoms of HAPE you should descend 600 - 900 feet to lower altitude as soon as possible. 4  In some cases you should take oxygen.