Acute myocardial infarction with diffuse endarteritis, contraction bands, and distal thrombosis of the coronary arteries in a heart transplant patient.
The case history of a heart transplant patient who died of an acute myocardial infarction 6 months after the procedure is described. The finding of contraction bands and thrombosis associated with endarteritis suggests that coronary vasospasm may have contributed to the acute myocardial infarction during an episode of vascular rejection.
Bocchi
E A
EA
Institute of Coracao, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Higuchi
M L
ML
Bellotti
G
G
Kowabota
V S
VS
Assis
R V
RV
Stolf
N
N
Fiorelli
A
A
Barretto
A C
AC
Pileggi
F
F
Jatene
A D
AD
D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000473:pathology; D004692:Endarteritis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*