Severe Hypoxia and Compartment Syndrome in a Patient With Sickle Cell Trait After Redo Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jan;34(1):175-178. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.08.028. Epub 2019 Aug 23.

Authors

Vanessa Moll¹, Babar Fiza², Ceressa Ward³, Simon Lee², Amit Prabhakar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: vanessa.moll@emory.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
³ Department of Pharmacy, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA.

PMID: 31564505
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.08.028

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiopulmonary bypass; compartment syndrome; exchange transfusion; sickle cell crisis; sickle cell trait; sickling.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Compartment Syndromes*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Hypoxia / etiology
Sickle Cell Trait* / complications