Acute myocardial infarction secondary to polycythaemia in a case of cyanotic congenital heart disease.
A case of coronary thrombosis resulting from secondary polycythaemia due to severe cyanotic congenital heart disease in a young girl of 19 years of age is described. This resulted in a fatal myocardial infarction. There was no evidence of coronary atheroma.
D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology