Treatment of the newborn with a floating thrombus in the right atrium: case report

• Main Authors: Ildar N. Nurmeev, Artem A. Kostromin, Bruce Okoye
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Limited liability company «Science and Innovations» (Saratov) 2019-03-01
• Series: Russian Open Medical Journal
• Subjects: children; newborn; treatment; heart; floating; thrombus; removal
• Online Access: http://www.romj.org/node/253

Venous thrombosis in newborns in pediatric surgery is rare. Aim of the article: description of the case of treatment of a newborn with a floating thrombus of the right atrium. This article reports the case of a 26-day-old child with a floating right atrium thrombus with a background of late neonatal sepsis, septicemia, osteomyelitis of the proximal humerus, severe anemia and bacterial endocarditis. Primary cause of the right atrial thrombus was a complicated course of pregnancy with anemia, inflammatory disease and colpitis of the mother in the obstetric history. Features of presented case: surgical removal of thrombus with cardiopulmonary bypass. Conclusion ― Thrombosis of the heart cavities in newborns is a rare and dangerous condition, requiring urgent treatment. The presence of a floating thrombus in the heart cavity, is an indication for the surgical removal of a thrombus.