If the lungs & heart have fluid around them, is it able to recover completely? does the fluid leave?

This is potentially reversible if the underlying cause can be corrected. The fluid in her lungs is from congestive heart failure in which the heart is not able to function correctly and fluid backs up into the lungs. Did your mom have a history of the fluid in her lungs prior to this fast heart rate? The fast heart rate your mother experienced was likely related to atrial fibrillation, which is an irregular heart rhythm. Atrial fibrillation is more likely to develop in a person with known congestive heart failure, but it could also occur in a person with no known heart disease.

A fast heart rate, like atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, can decrease the function of the heart, which can result in fluid backing up into the lungs. If the heart rate is controlled, then the heart function could return to normal and the fluid in the lungs will resolve. It is also possible that your mom has an underlying heart condition besides atrial fibrillation, such as a weak heart or cardiomyopathy. This could also result in the back up of fluid in the lungs, but usually the fluid can be removed by using medications like diuretics. It is important that the doctors work to control your mother's heart rate with medications, such as Atenolol and Digoxin.

Pericarditis suspected. Pericarditis can range from mild cases that get better on their own to life-threatening cases. The condition can be complicated by significant fluid buildup around the heart and poor heart function.

The outcome is good if the disorder is treated promptly. Most people recover in 2 weeks to 3 months. However, pericarditis may come back.

In medicine, diuretics are used to treat heart failure, liver cirrhosis, hypertension and certain kidney diseases. The accumulated fluid in the lungs consequent on the heart disease will be eliminated as urine.

Depending on the cause, the condition should be reversible. It seems her heart is stressed due to some arrhythmias. The medicines she is taking should help make her heart beat strongly and the fluid will be stopped from forming + will be absorbed given time.

All the best for your mom.

It is pericarditis and pleural effusion, BTW.

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my assumption is that she suffered arrhythmias with pulmonary oedema, it is a critical condition, if she is out of the hospital the doctors might have thought she is ok, but the medications doesn't have anything with pericarditis or pulmonary oedema so please talk to her doctors and see what is going on. digoxin is used in congestive cardiac failure and to decrease the ventricular rate, atenelol is a beta blocker and aspirin has got antiplatelet action.

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