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Spontaneous closure and thrombosis of a ductal aneurysm in a neonate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Peccina Maisel  and
Joel Brenner
Peccina Maisel
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Joel Brenner*
Affiliation:
Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
*
Joel Brenner, M.D. Pediatric Cardiology–Brady 5, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, USA. E-mail: jbrenne@jhmi.edu.
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Abstract

The natural history of a ductal aneurysm detected prenatally is presented. Neurologic concerns in the neonate and absence of cardio-respiratory compromise permitted serial echo demonstration of constriction, thickening and subsequent closure with formation of thrombus in the aneurysm.

Keywords

Arterial ductaneurysmthrombosis
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 5 , September 1999 , pp. 503 - 505
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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