Neonatal aortic thrombosis treated with intra-arterial urokinase therapy

R E Goldberg; A M Cohen; P J Bryan; M Olsen; R J Martin

Neonatal aortic thrombosis treated with intra-arterial urokinase therapy

Can Assoc Radiol J. 1989 Feb;40(1):55-6.

Authors

R E Goldberg¹, A M Cohen, P J Bryan, M Olsen, R J Martin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Toronto General Hospital.

PMID: 2647218

Abstract

We report a newborn infant with neonatal aortic thrombosis (a complication of umbilical artery catheterization) successfully treated by intra-arterial urokinase therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Diseases / diagnosis
Aortic Diseases / drug therapy*
Heparin / therapeutic use
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Injections, Intra-Arterial
Male
Thrombosis / diagnosis
Thrombosis / drug therapy*
Ultrasonography
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use*

Substances

Heparin
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator