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Left atrium thrombus in an extremely low-birthweight infant with late-onset circulatory dysfunction.
Pediatr Int
; 54(4): 555-8, 2012 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22830547
RESUMO
A left atrium thrombus, potentially a life-threatening complication, is an extremely rare in early infancy. Most cases are caused by mal-placement of central venous catheters or related to congenital heart diseases with left atrial blood congestion. Here we present an extremely low birth weight infant who developed a left atrial thrombus during the course of late onset circulatory dysfunction. The thrombus was successfully treated by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. A hemodynamically unstable condition like late onset circulatory dysfunction should be taken into consideration as a potential risk condition of this rare disease.