A Case of Right Atrial Thrombosis in a Newborn Infant

The risk of neonatal thromboses consists in the development of severe complications (pulmonary artery thromboembolia) and a patient’s death. The intensity of complications can vary from asymptomatic to fatal thromboses. With the implementation of ultrasound technique into diagnostics, thromboses in newborn infants are recorded more frequently. We described a case of the right atrial thrombosis in a newborn infant. Heparin therapy every 7 days under echocardiography and hemostasis indices control was chosen as the treatment modality. Heparin was administered for 11 days till complete thrombolysis.

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Kopylova К.А., Prakhov А.V., Zapevalova Т.А., Egorskaya L.Е., Khaletskaya О.V. A Case of Right Atrial Thrombosis in a Newborn Infant. Sovremennye tehnologii v medicine 2013; 5(4): 118