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Case report: Central venous catheter thrombosis complicated by chronic thromboembolic disease/pulmonary hypertension in two children requiring parenteral nutrition
- Source :
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 10 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.
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Abstract
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a rare but life-threatening complication of long-term central venous catheters (CVC) in children. However, evidence in terms of potential treatment strategies and outcome data remains scarce. We describe two cases of CVC-related thrombosis (Hickman-catheter) complicated by recurrent pulmonary emboli. One patient experienced a complete thromboembolic obstruction of the right pulmonary artery with normal pulmonary pressures and the second patient suffered from a central thromboembolic obstruction of both pulmonary arteries associated with severe pulmonary hypertension. Both patients successfully underwent surgical thromboendarterectomy with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2297055X
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7f7b69bb66b3441889341eae437e4736
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1198204