Angiology: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Cardiology, Ignace Deen National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea

Biography

Bah is currenbtly working as Assitant Professor at Department of Cardiology, research interest includes right Atrium Myxoma in an 11-Year-Old Girl in Guinea, improvement of cardiomyopathy circulation.

Publications

• Case Report   
  Clinical Case: Direct Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism on Echocardiography
  Author(s): Baldé El Hadj Yaya*, Bah MB, Barry IS, Camara A, Béavogui M, Sylla IS, Diallo M, Baldé TS, Baldé MA, Baldé MD, Condé M, Koné A and Diakité S
  
  Ultrasound diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by direct visualization of a thrombus in the pulmonary artery is exceptional. In this work, we report a case of pulmonary embolism revealed by thrombi in the right atrium and in the common trunk of the pulmonary artery, discovered on echocardiography. A 65-year-old patient admitted with predominantly right heart failure. Echocardiography shows a large, floating right intraauricular thrombus and thrombus in the common trunk of the pulmonary artery. The patient's hemodynamic status was stable. Long-term anticoagulation allowed the thrombi to disappear. It is rare to find a thrombus directly in the pulmonary artery on ultrasound. There is no recommendation for the management of right intracavitary thrombi. Our patient received long-term anticoagulation with K antivitamins... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9495.22.10.300

  Abstract HTML PDF