Acute myocardial infarction complicating the clinical course of dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood.

Simões, M V; Félix, P R; Marin-Neto, J A · Chest · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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.

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