Heart Failure Due to Liver Involvement of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Diagnosed by Point-of-Care Ultrasonography

Abstract

Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, also known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), is a rare inherited disorder characterized by the presence of systemic arteriovenous malformations, which most commonly affects the liver. One of the most serious complications of liver compromise is high output heart failure (HOHF). In this case study, point-of-care ultrasonography is utilized as a means to describe the diagnostic findings of an intensive care unit patient diagnosed with liver involvement of HHT and the development of HOHF.