Acute Cor Pulmonale in COVID-19-Related ARDS

Pierre Huette, MD; Christophe Beyls, MD; Mathieu Guilbart, MD; Guillaume Haye, MD; Fatim-Zahra Najid, MD; Benjamin Mestan, MD; Pierre-Alexandre Roger, MD; Hervé Dupont, MD, PhD; Osama Abou-Arab, MD, PhD; Yazine Mahjoub, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Acute Cor Pulmonale in COVID-19-Related ARDS

Pierre Huette, MD,
Christophe Beyls, MD,
Mathieu Guilbart, MD,
Guillaume Haye, MD,
Fatim-Zahra Najid, MD,
Benjamin Mestan, MD,
Pierre-Alexandre Roger, MD,
Hervé Dupont, MD, PhD,
Osama Abou-Arab, MD, PhD,
Yazine Mahjoub, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Pierre Huette, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Pierre Huette, Anaesthesia and Critical Care Department, Amiens University Hospital, 1 rue du Professeur Christian Cabrol, 80054 Amiens, France.; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Christophe Beyls, MD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Mathieu Guilbart, MD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Guillaume Haye, MD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Fatim-Zahra Najid, MD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Benjamin Mestan, MD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Pierre-Alexandre Roger, MD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Hervé Dupont, MD, PhD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Osama Abou-Arab, MD, PhD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Yazine Mahjoub, MD, PhD: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 9
pp. 1311 – 1314

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Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19)-related severe acute respiratory distress syndrome can lead to acute cor pulmonale. We report a case of acute cor pulmonale secondary to severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome diagnosed with transesophageal echocardiography. Almitrine infusion allowed rapid enhancement of right ventricular function as well as improvement in oxygenation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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