title: Acute myocardial infarction complicating the clinical course of dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood.
abstract: An acute myocardial infarction occurred in a 6-year-old child with dilated cardiomyopathy. This caused severe hemodynamic deterioration that led to a fatal outcome. Autopsy revealed diffuse myocardial atrophy without cell infiltrate, normal epicardial coronary arteries, and a massive healed anteroapical infarction. Coronary embolism or spasm could not be ruled out as the cause of the infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Félix
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marin-Neto
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology