Baraka Alphonce

1 Case Presentation We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension, obesity, and type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed 5 years ago. She was regularly attending outpatient follow-ups, and both her blood pressure and blood glucose were generally well controlled, aside from complications such as peripheral neuropathy and retinopathy.

Biventricular intracardiac thrombi are a rare peripartum cardiomyopathy consequence. Echocardiography is essential for early diagnosis and prompt treatment. Complete thrombus resolution may result from prompt anticoagulation. Overall cardiac function and results are improved with individualized heart failure treatment.

1 BACKGROUND Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of autosomal recessive haemoglobinopathies characterized by propensity towards polymerization and sickling of red blood cells (RBCs) at low partial pressure of oxygen.1-3 The most severe clinical phenotype, termed sickle cell anemia (SCA, MIM#603903) results from homozygosity of the mutant gene.1-3 Sickle cell trait encompasses heterozygous genotypes of SCD, which do not usually trigger a clinical phenotype except under extreme hypoxic...