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

Amirtha Ganesh B; Ravi Cherian Mathew

doi:10.7860/JCDR/2014/9151.4595

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

J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Jul;8(7):PD01-2. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9151.4595. Epub 2014 Jul 20.

Authors

Amirtha Ganesh B¹, Ravi Cherian Mathew²

Affiliations

¹ Professor, Department of Cardiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute , Pondicherry, India .
² Post Graduate, Department of Cardiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute , Pondicherry, India .

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.

Publication types

Case Reports