Occlusive Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Healthy Neonate With No Identifiable Risk Factors

Cynthia Laviolette; Jason Turner; LaTasha Lewis; Song-Gui Yang; Tim Pettitt; Kurt D Piggott

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.009

Occlusive Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Healthy Neonate With No Identifiable Risk Factors

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Jun 23;3(9):1216-1220. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.009. eCollection 2021 Aug 4.

Authors

Cynthia Laviolette¹, Jason Turner¹, LaTasha Lewis¹, Song-Gui Yang¹, Tim Pettitt¹, Kurt D Piggott¹

Affiliation

¹ Children's Hospital New Orleans-Heart Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery thrombosis is reported in neonates with risk factors for hypercoagulability. No consensus exists regarding standard therapy for this condition. We present a neonate, with no risk factors for thrombosis, who was admitted after birth to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit with an occlusive left pulmonary artery thrombus. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: CTA, computed tomography angiography; DOL, day of life; LPA, left pulmonary artery; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; PFO, patent foramen ovale; PROM, prolonged rupture of membrane; RV, right ventricle; cyanosis; neonate; pulmonary artery; tPA, tissue plasminogen activator; thrombus; tissue plasminogen activator.

Publication types

Case Reports