Abstract | PURPOSE: PATIENTS AND METHODS: A 9-day-old boy presented with a history of dark colored urine, vomiting, and apnea. The clinical examination was consistent with a coarctation of the aorta. An echocardiogram showed a normal arch of the aorta. An abdominal ultrasound done revealed an incompletely occluding thrombus in the aorta starting between the celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery to the aortic bifurcation. The patient was started on recombinant tissue plasminogen activator along with heparin and fresh frozen plasma. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Rajesh Aneja, Christopher Heard, Mary J Petruzzi, Wayne Waz, David J Martin |
Journal | Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies
(Pediatr Crit Care Med)
Vol. 3
Issue 1
Pg. 81-3
(Jan 2002)
ISSN: 1529-7535 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12793929
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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