Point of care ultrasound detection of thrombus straddling a patent foramen ovale in a patient with acute chest syndrome

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 should be a routine component of the assessment of acutely decompensating patients.PMID:36017251 | PMC:PMC9396226 | DOI:10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101724

Source: Respiratory Care - August 26, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Matthew Gorgone Enrico M Novelli Simmi Patel Phillip E Lamberty Laura M De Castro Mark T Gladwin Stephanie I Maximous Source Type: research