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Acute Cor Pulmonale in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19

Christina Creel-Bulos, Maxwell A. Hockstein, Neha Amin, Samer Melhem, Alexander D. Truong, Milad Sharifpour

2020New England Journal of Medicine140 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Acute Cor Pulmonale in Covid-19 Five cases of acute cor pulmonale in patients with Covid-19 are described. Although acute pulmonary thromboembolism was the most likely cause of right ventricular fa...

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Critically illMedicinePulmonary heart diseaseInternal medicineCardiology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Intensive care medicineVirologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakRespiratory Support and MechanismsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchThermal Regulation in Medicine