Angiology: Open Access
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Department of Cardiology, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea

Biography

She is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Cardiology, research focuses on use of biostatistic and computer models to evaluate the medical and pharmaceutical services provided by health organizations, and the resulting impact on rest of the populations. 

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

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