title: Neonatal ascending aortic thrombus: successful medical treatment.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States of America.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallotti
authors.forename: Cheryl E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cammock
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ootaki
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator