Abstract
An Echocardiographic Image of a Massive RV Thrombus that Led to Circulatory Collapse in a Patient with COVID Pneumonitis
Highlights
A 70-year-old gentleman with a background of ischaemic heart disease and esophagectomy was admitted to Critical Care Unit with hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to COVID pneumonitis
Prior to Critical Care admission, he was discovered to have deep venous thrombosis and he was commenced on treatment dose low molecular weight heparin
The benefit of therapeutic anticoagulation in these patients is not entirely clear and remains a research question. This case highlights the importance of basic echo skills in critical care as this scan was performed by an amateur echocardiographer
Summary
A 70-year-old gentleman with a background of ischaemic heart disease and esophagectomy was admitted to Critical Care Unit with hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to COVID pneumonitis. Danndhiganahalli et al Clin Med Img Lib 2020, 6:144 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, United Kingdom
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