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Successful treatment of a thrombus in the left aortic coronary sinus in a child with systemic lupus erythematosus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2009

Stanimir Georgiev ,
Alexandra Lacheva  and
Maya Pavlova
Stanimir Georgiev*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Heart Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
Alexandra Lacheva
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Heart Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
Maya Pavlova
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Heart Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
*
Correspondence to: Stanimir Georgiev, National Heart Hospital, Konjovitsa str. 65, 1309 Sofia, Bulgaria. Tel.: +359 888 53 54 86; E-mail: stgeorgiev@daad-alumni.de
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Abstract

We report our experience in a 12 year old boy referred with suspected myocardial infarction. He has previously been diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, and was being treated with steroids. Echocardiographic examination revealed a thrombus in the left aortic coronary sinus of Valsalva partially occluding the orifice of the left coronary artery. The thrombosis was successfully treated by venous thrombolysis using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.

Keywords

Collagen diseasesinterventional catheterisationpaediatrics
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 100 - 102
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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