Acute myocardial infarction complicating the clinical course of dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood.
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.
Simões
M V
MV
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Félix
P R
PR
Marin-Neto
J A
JA
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