Paradoxical embolism causing fatal myocardial infarction in a newborn infant.
A neonate who presented with circulatory collapse was found to have myocardial infarction caused by thrombotic occlusion of the left main coronary artery. At autopsy, a thrombus was found in the ductus venosus making paradoxical embolism through the foramen ovale the most likely mechanism of coronary occlusion.
Tillett
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Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London, UK.
Hartley
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Simpson
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J
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*