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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul;8(7):PD01-2.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9151.4595. Epub 2014 Jul 20.

Left atrial thrombus in a neonate with normal heart after sustained supraventricular tachycardia

Amirtha Ganesh B  1 , Ravi Cherian Mathew  2
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Case Reports

Left atrial thrombus in a neonate with normal heart after sustained supraventricular tachycardia

Amirtha Ganesh B et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

Left Atrial Thrombus is uncommon in neonates. We present a neonate who had Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), whose echocardiography revealed a large left atrial thrombus which resolved later with treatment. Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT) is not an uncommon event in infants with an incidence of 1:2500.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Left atrial thrombus; Neonates; Supraventricular tachycardia.

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Narrow QRS tachycardia at 270/min
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ECG after termination of SVT showing delta wave
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ECHO showing LA thrombus
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Complete resolution of thrombus at 6 months
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