Thrombotic occlusion of the main stem of the left coronary artery in a neonate.
Thrombotic coronary arterial occlusion, and myocardial infarction, are rare in the newborn. We report such a happening presenting shortly after birth with cardiogenic shock, no left ventricular output and a systemic circulation dependent on flow from a patent arterial duct.
D001344:Autopsy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy