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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul;34(7):569-71.
doi: 10.1038/jp.2014.34.

Pulmonary artery thrombus in a premature neonate treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

S D DeMeo  1 , A Sherwood  2 , C D Hornik  3 , R N Goldberg  1 , C M Cotten  1 , M Bidegain  1
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Pulmonary artery thrombus in a premature neonate treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

S D DeMeo et al. J Perinatol. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery thrombus is a rarely reported complication in premature neonates. The management of life-threatening thrombotic events in neonates is controversial, especially regarding the use of thrombolytics versus anticoagulation alone for treatment. We report a case of a premature neonate with symptomatic pulmonary artery thrombus treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator who survived without bleeding complications.

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