title: Thrombotic lesions of the tricuspid valve in a newborn: surgical management.
abstract: Thrombotic lesions on the leaflets of the tricuspid valve in a premature infant with an anatomically normal heart are described. The diagnosis was made by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. No etiologic explanation could be obtained from the history and clinical findings. The newborn had no infection, no antithrombin deficiency, and no indwelling catheter through either a peripheral, central or umbilical vein. The multiple masses were successfully removed by surgery under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest at 1 month of age. The child is well, without neurological deficit, and is developing normally.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Department II, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Hartyánszky
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kádár
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hüttl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sápi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lozsádi
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*