title: Acute septal myocardial infarction diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy in a heart transplant recipient.
abstract: We describe an unusual case of acute septal myocardial infarction in a heart transplant recipient. The clinical presentation was most suggestive of acute rejection; the correct diagnosis was first made by endomyocardial biopsy and was then verified by coronary angiography. Acute myocardial infarction should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute rejection after heart transplantation and included among the possible diagnoses made by endomyocardial biopsy in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zahger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mosseri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pizov
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lotan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Admon
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gotsman
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*