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Thrombus in the left atrial appendage: a case report of neonate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2014

Keiichi Fujiwara ,
Kosuke Yoshizawa  and
Hisanori Sakazaki
Keiichi Fujiwara*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Kosuke Yoshizawa
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Hisanori Sakazaki
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
*
Correspondence: K. Fujiwara, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, 1-1-1, Higashi-Daimotsu, Hyogo 660-0828, Japan. E-mail: k_fujiwara@hp.pref.hyogo.jp
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Abstract

A Japanese girl first pointed out the mass in the left atrial appendage by the echocardiography on the 3rd day of life. At 30th day of life, the mass in the left atrial appendage was excised en bloc successfully under cardiopulmonary bypass because it appeared mobile. Its pathologic finding revealed an old organised thrombus. She is doing well with no episode of thrombus formation or thromboembolism, 2 years postoperatively.

Keywords

Neonatal thrombusleft atrial thrombusintracardiac massthrombectomy
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , March 2015 , pp. 560 - 562
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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