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Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant
A 4-month-old female infant considered to be in good health died suddenly and unexpectedly. Post- mortem examination was requested, with clinical diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome. At autopsy the infant was described in good health. Histo- logical examination of the heart found a cardiac fib...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847693 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401307010047 |
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author | Mecchia, Donatella Lavezzi, Anna Maria Matturri, Luigi |
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description | A 4-month-old female infant considered to be in good health died suddenly and unexpectedly. Post- mortem examination was requested, with clinical diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome. At autopsy the infant was described in good health. Histo- logical examination of the heart found a cardiac fibroma compressing the atrio-ventricular node and the examination of the cardiac conduction system showed an accessory fiber of Mahaim (nodo-ventricular) and cartilaginous metaplasia of the cardiac fibrous body. Probably the concomitant presence of cardiac conduction system abnormalities and a septal fibroma, compressing the atrio-ventricular node, could have an important role in causing the sudden death. |
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spelling | pubmed-37067982013-07-11 Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant Mecchia, Donatella Lavezzi, Anna Maria Matturri, Luigi Open Cardiovasc Med J Article A 4-month-old female infant considered to be in good health died suddenly and unexpectedly. Post- mortem examination was requested, with clinical diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome. At autopsy the infant was described in good health. Histo- logical examination of the heart found a cardiac fibroma compressing the atrio-ventricular node and the examination of the cardiac conduction system showed an accessory fiber of Mahaim (nodo-ventricular) and cartilaginous metaplasia of the cardiac fibrous body. Probably the concomitant presence of cardiac conduction system abnormalities and a septal fibroma, compressing the atrio-ventricular node, could have an important role in causing the sudden death. Bentham Open 2013-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3706798/ /pubmed/23847693 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401307010047 Text en © Mecchia et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Mecchia, Donatella Lavezzi, Anna Maria Matturri, Luigi Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant |
title | Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant |
title_full | Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant |
title_fullStr | Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant |
title_short | Primary Cardiac Fibroma and Cardiac Conduction System Alterations in a Case of Sudden Death of a 4-month-old Infant |
title_sort | primary cardiac fibroma and cardiac conduction system alterations in a case of sudden death of a 4-month-old infant |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847693 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401307010047 |
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