The "Lightbulb" Sign: A Novel Echocardiographic Finding Using Ultrasound Enhancing Agent in Fulminant COVID-19-Related Myocarditis.

COVID-19 echocardiogram myocarditis ultrasound enhancing agent

Journal

JACC. Case reports
ISSN: 2666-0849
Titre abrégé: JACC Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101757292

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 28 07 2023
revised: 16 10 2023
accepted: 23 10 2023
medline: 11 1 2024
pubmed: 11 1 2024
entrez: 11 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We report a case of fulminant COVID-19-related myocarditis requiring venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation where the use of an ultrasound-enhancing agent demonstrated a previously undescribed echocardiographic finding, the "lightbulb" sign. This sign potentially represents a new area for the use of an ultrasound enhancing agent in the echocardiographic diagnosis of myocarditis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38204556
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102120
pii: S2666-0849(23)00456-4
pmc: PMC10774821
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

102120

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Dr Tsang is supported by the Melanie Munk Chair in Advanced Echocardiography Imaging. Dr Mulvagh has been a consultant for Lantheus Medical Imaging. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

Auteurs

Ayana Nanthakumar (A)

Division of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Mali Worme (M)

Division of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tahseen Rahman (T)

Division of Cardiology, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Juglans Alvarez (J)

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ghislaine Doufle (G)

Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Wendy Tsang (W)

Division of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Gillian Nesbitt (G)

Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sharon L Mulvagh (SL)

Division of Cardiology, QEII-HI Site, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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