title: Neonatal pulmonary artery thrombosis presenting as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
abstract: Pulmonary artery thrombosis in neonates occurs rarely. This report describes the case of a term infant with a pulmonary artery thrombosis presenting as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. The risk factors identified in the case included maternal diabetes and heterozygous factor V Leiden deficiency. The pulmonary thrombus was successfully treated with percutaneous catheter-based embolectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859-5000, USA. taylor.l.sawyer@us.army.mil
authors.forename: Taylor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antle
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Stanton
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: C Becket
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mahnke
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017128:Embolectomy; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery