TY - JOUR
T1 - Intracardiac Thrombi in Preterm Infants—A Case Study and Review of the Literature
AU - Gover, Ayala
AU - Sharif, Dawod
AU - Yaniv, Liat
AU - Riskin, Arieh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Intracardiac thrombi in preterm infants are not common but may lead to fatal outcomes. Predisposing and risk factors include small vessel size, hemodynamic instability, immaturity of the fibrinolytic system, indwelling central catheters and sepsis. In this paper, we present our own experience with a case of a catheter-related right atrial thrombus in a preterm infant, which was successfully treated with an aspiration thrombectomy. Then, we review the literature on intracardiac thrombosis in preterm infants: epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical signs, echocardiographic diagnostic features and treatment options are discussed.
AB - Intracardiac thrombi in preterm infants are not common but may lead to fatal outcomes. Predisposing and risk factors include small vessel size, hemodynamic instability, immaturity of the fibrinolytic system, indwelling central catheters and sepsis. In this paper, we present our own experience with a case of a catheter-related right atrial thrombus in a preterm infant, which was successfully treated with an aspiration thrombectomy. Then, we review the literature on intracardiac thrombosis in preterm infants: epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical signs, echocardiographic diagnostic features and treatment options are discussed.
KW - intra-atrial thrombus
KW - intracardiac thrombus
KW - preterm
KW - thrombectomy
KW - thrombolysis
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U2 - 10.3390/diagnostics13040764
DO - 10.3390/diagnostics13040764
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C2 - 36832252
AN - SCOPUS:85149103536
SN - 2075-4418
VL - 13
JO - Diagnostics
JF - Diagnostics
IS - 4
M1 - 764
ER -