Premium
Left atrium thrombus in an extremely low‐birthweight infant with late‐onset circulatory dysfunction
Author(s) -
Ina Shihomi,
Futatani Takeshi,
Higashiyama Hiroyuki,
Hashida Nobuko,
Fujita Shuhei,
Shimura Shoetsu,
Igarashi Noboru,
Hatasaki Kiyoshi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2011.03531.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , circulatory system , cardiology , circulatory collapse , complication , heart disease
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.