title: Left atrium thrombus in an extremely low-birthweight infant with late-onset circulatory dysfunction.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors: Shihomi
authors: S
authors: Ina
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Futatani
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Higashiyama
authors: Nobuko
authors: N
authors: Hashida
authors: Shuhei
authors: S
authors: Fujita
authors: Shoetsu
authors: S
authors: Shimura
authors: Noboru
authors: N
authors: Igarashi
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Hatasaki
mesh_terms: D001775:Blood Circulation; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors