Occlusive Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Healthy Neonate With No Identifiable Risk Factors

Occlusive Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Healthy Neonate With No Identifiable Risk Factors

Pulmonary artery thrombosis is reported in neonates with risk factors for hypercoagulability. No consensus exists regarding standard therapy for this condition. We present a neonate, with no risk factors for thrombosis, who was admitted after birth to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit with a...

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Veröffentlicht in:JACC. Case reports 2021-08, Vol.3 (9), p.1216-1220
Hauptverfasser: Laviolette, Cynthia, Turner, Jason, Lewis, LaTasha, Yang, Song-Gui, Pettitt, Tim, Piggott, Kurt D.
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Sprache:eng
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Case Report
cyanosis
neonate
pulmonary artery
thrombus
tissue plasminogen activator
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Zusammenfassung:Pulmonary artery thrombosis is reported in neonates with risk factors for hypercoagulability. No consensus exists regarding standard therapy for this condition. We present a neonate, with no risk factors for thrombosis, who was admitted after birth to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit with an occlusive left pulmonary artery thrombus. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) [Display omitted]
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.009