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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 81, 334-337, Copyright © 1981 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
RC McFaul, JF Keane, ER Nowicki and AR Castaneda
The case histories of two infants with aortic thrombosis are presented.
Clinically, an obstructive aortic arch lesion was suspected because of a
systolic pressure gradient between the upper and lower extremities in one
infant and unequal peripheral pulses with lower limb cyanosis in the other.
Noninvasive studies were inconclusive, the only abnormality noted
echocardiographically being severe left ventricular dysfunction. Cardiac
catheterization including angiography defined the severity of the
obstruction and location of the thrombus in both babies. The thrombus
originated within a ductus arteriosus aneurysm in one infant and was
located in the ascending aorta and transverse arch in the other. Although
successful surgical removal was accomplished, both babies died unexpectedly
in the early postoperative period.
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Aortic thrombosis in the neonate
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