Neonatal Myocardial Infarction or Myocarditis?

We report a 29 week-gestation preterm infant who presented during his second week of life with cardiogenic shock. Clinical presentation and first diagnostics suggested myocardial infarction, but echocardiographic features during follow-up pointed to a diagnosis of enteroviral myocarditis. The child...

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Autores principales: de Vetten, Leanne, Bergman, Klasien A., Elzenga, Nynke J., van Melle, Joost P., Timmer, Albertus, Bartelds, Beatrijs
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3061208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21212943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9865-8
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Sumario:We report a 29 week-gestation preterm infant who presented during his second week of life with cardiogenic shock. Clinical presentation and first diagnostics suggested myocardial infarction, but echocardiographic features during follow-up pointed to a diagnosis of enteroviral myocarditis. The child died of chronic heart failure at 9 months of age. Autopsy showed passed myocardial infarction. No signs for active myocarditis were found. We discuss the difficulties in differentiating between neonatal myocardial infarction and myocarditis. Recognizing enteroviral myocarditis as cause for cardiogenic shock is of importance because of the therapeutic options.

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