Acute Cor Pulmonale in COVID-19-Related ARDS: Improvement With Almitrine Infusion.
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.).
['Huette|Pierre|P|', 'Beyls|Christophe|C|', 'Guilbart|Mathieu|M|', 'Haye|Guillaume|G|', 'Najid|Fatim-Zahra|FZ|', 'Mestan|Benjamin|B|', 'Roger|Pierre-Alexandre|PA|', 'Dupont|Hervé|H|', 'Abou-Arab|Osama|O|', 'Mahjoub|Yazine|Y|']
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