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Neonatal ascending aortic thrombus: successful medical treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2012

Roberto Gallotti ,
Cheryl E. Cammock ,
Natalia Dixon  and
Yoshio Ootaki
Roberto Gallotti
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Cheryl E. Cammock
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Natalia Dixon
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatrics Hematology-Oncology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Yoshio Ootaki*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr Y. Ootaki, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States of America. Tel: +1336 716 2218; Fax: +1336 713 2242; E-mail: y.ootaki@nifty.com
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Abstract

Neonatal aortic thrombosis is a potentially life-threatening condition with significant morbidity and mortality if undiagnosed and untreated. The most common location of arterial thrombosis in neonates is in the abdominal aorta and is associated with umbilical artery catheterisation. There are only a few previous reports of thrombosis in the ascending aorta. We describe a case of ascending aortic thrombosis in a neonate who underwent successful thrombolytic therapy.

Keywords

Aortaascending aortablood coagulation/anticoagulationthrombosis
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 610 - 612
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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