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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun 1;40(6):e252-e254.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003131.

Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Newborn With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019

Clara Schulze-Schiappacasse  1 , Gonzalo Alarcón-Andrade  1 , Gonzalo Valenzuela  1 , Myriam Ferreiro  2 , Agustín Cavagnaro  3   4 , Tamara García-Salum  5 , Monserrat Gutiérrez  4 , Rafael A Medina  5   6
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Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in a Newborn With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019

Clara Schulze-Schiappacasse et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Transthoracic echocardiograms. A: Parasternal short axis at diagnosis, showing a 9 by 5.8 mm thrombus in the right ventricular outflow tract reaching the pulmonary artery bifurcation. B: Sagittal subcostal axis at diagnosis, showing the thrombus in the right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary artery. C: Parasternal short axis at diagnosis, showing right ventricle dilation. D: Parasternal short axis after the first course of thrombolysis, with no visible thrombus in the right ventricular outflow tract. E: Supraesternal short axis after the second thrombolysis, showing the thrombus in the right pulmonary artery. F: Parasternal short axis 6 months after the second thrombolysis. RV: right ventricle, Ao: aorta, PA: pulmonary artery, T: thrombus, RVOT: right ventricle outflow tract, LV: left ventricle, RPA: right pulmonary artery.
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