Sickle Cell Disease and The Heart

38-year-old female with history of sickle cell disease presents with chest pain.
Chest X-ray shows cardiomegaly with left ventricular and left atrial enlargement and mild elevation of the end diastolic pressure characterized by cephalization of the vasculature,

CHF LEFT ATRIAL AND lv ENLARGEMENT AND MILD CHF  
Ashley Davidoff MD
SICKLE CELL DISEASE CARDIOMEGALY AUTO SPLENECTOMY AND BONE INFARCTION
38-year-old female with history of sickle cell disease presents with chest pain.
Chest X-ray shows cardiomegaly with left ventricular and left atrial enlargement and mild elevation of the end diastolic pressure characterized by cephalization of the vasculature,

Ashley Davidoff MD

The CT scan confirms left atrial enlargement, auto splenectomy with a small calcified spleen, sclerotic changes in the vertebra and sternum, and H shaped vertebra characteristic of sequelae of bone infarction.

SICKLE CELL DISEASE CARDIOMEGALY AUTO SPLENECTOMY AND BONE INFARCTION
38-year-old female with history of sickle cell disease presents with chest pain.
Chest X-ray shows cardiomegaly with left ventricular and left atrial enlargement and mild elevation of the end diastolic pressure characterized by cephalization of the vasculature,
The CT scan confirms left atrial enlargement, auto splenectomy with a small calcified spleen, sclerotic changes in the vertebra and sternum, and H shaped vertebra characteristic of sequelae of bone infarction.
Ashley Davidoff MD
CALCIFIED SMALL SPLEEN – AUTOSPLENECTOMY 

Ashley Davidoff MD

CT shows sclerotic changes in the vertebrae and sternum, and H shaped vertebra characteristic of sequelae of bone infarction.

SICKLE CELL DISEASE CARDIOMEGALY AUTO SPLENECTOMY AND BONE INFARCTION
CT shows sclerotic changes in the vertebrae and sternum, and H shaped vertebra characteristic of sequelae of bone infarction.
Ashley Davidoff MD

 

SICKLE CELL, CHF, and FISH MOUTH VERTEBRA
SICKLE CELL, CHF, and FISH MOUTH VERTEBRA

 

References and Links

Gladwin, M et al  MD Cardiovascular Abnormalities in Sickle Cell  Disease J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Mar 27; 59(13):