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Neonatal Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis Presenting as Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn

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Pulmonary artery thrombosis in neonates occurs rarely. This report describes the case of a term infant with a pulmonary artery thrombosis presenting as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. The risk factors identified in the case included maternal diabetes and heterozygous factor V Leiden deficiency. The pulmonary thrombus was successfully treated with percutaneous catheter-based embolectomy.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Tripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road, Honolulu, HI, 96859-5000, USA

    Taylor Sawyer, Amanda Antle, Matthew Studer, Mark Thompson & C. Becket Mahnke

  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Stanton Perry

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Sawyer, T., Antle, A., Studer, M. et al. Neonatal Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis Presenting as Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. Pediatr Cardiol 30, 520–522 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-008-9349-2

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