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SUBMITTER: Gorgone M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9396226 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Respiratory medicine case reports 20220808
Patients with sickle cell disease can develop acute chest syndrome and are at high risk of developing pulmonary thrombosis. We report a case of a young woman with sickle cell disease who was hospitalized for vaso-occlusive crisis and subsequently developed worsening acute chest syndrome and stroke, discovered on point of care ultrasound to have right heart failure and a thrombus straddling a patent foramen oval. POCUS is highly specific for the detection of right heart dilation/dysfunction and s ...[more]