title: Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: a rare cause of death in infants and young children.
abstract: Fibromuscular dysplasia is a common vascular disease, which mainly affects the renal arteries. In this study, we report the case of a 1-day-old infant who presented with severe left ventricular dysfunction immediately after birth, and subsequently died 3 days postnatally. At autopsy, an extensive myocardial infarction of the left ventricle and the septum was found, caused by an isolated fibromuscular dysplasia of left coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: 1Institute of Pathology,University Hospital Heidelberg,Germany.
authors.forename: Carolin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mogler
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology,University Hospital Heidelberg,Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Springer
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology,University Hospital Heidelberg,Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorenflo
mesh_terms: D003331:Coronary Vessels; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Fibromuscular dysplasia; cause of death in infants; coronary artery; myocardial infarction