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Intra-atrial thrombus in a neonate with coarctation of the aorta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2006

Khalid N. Al Dhahri ,
George G.S. Sandor  and
Walter J. Duncan
Khalid N. Al Dhahri
Affiliation:
Children's Heart Centre, B.C. Children's Hospital and The Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
George G.S. Sandor
Affiliation:
Children's Heart Centre, B.C. Children's Hospital and The Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Walter J. Duncan
Affiliation:
Children's Heart Centre, B.C. Children's Hospital and The Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Abstract

It is uncommon for thrombus to form within the heart of neonates with congenital cardiac disease. We describe a newborn with coarctation of the aorta, in whom a left atrial thrombus was discovered on the second day of life, and was thought to have been present before birth.

Keywords

Thrombosishypoplastic aortic archcongenital heart disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 392 - 394
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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