Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis during Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease

Mekontso Dessap, Armand; Deux, Jean‐François; Abidi, Nour; Lavenu‐Bombled, Cécile; Melica, Giovanna; Renaud, Bertrand; Godeau, Bertrand; Adnot, Serge; Brochard, Laurent; Brun‐Buisson, Christian; Galactéros, F.; Rahmouni, Alain; Habibi, Anoosha; Maître, Bernard

doi:10.1164/rccm.201105-0783oc

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Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis during Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Aug 11, 2011

Authors:

Armand Mekontso Dessap

Jean‐François Deux

Nour Abidi

Abstract

RATIONALE: The pathophysiology of acute chest syndrome (ACS) in patients with sickle cell disease is complex, and pulmonary artery thrombosis (PT) may contribute to this complication. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence of PT during ACS using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). METHODS: We ...

Subject

Medicine

Acute chest syndrome

Internal medicine

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