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Thrombotic occlusion of the main stem of the left coronary artery in a neonate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Luby Abdurrahman ,
Steven M. Schwartz  and
Robert H. Beekman III
Luby Abdurrahman*
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Steven M. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Robert H. Beekman III
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
*
Luby Abdurrahman, MD, Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA. Tel: (513) 559-8267; Fax: (513) 475-3952
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Abstract

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Thrombotic coronary arterial occlusion, and myocardial infarction, are rare in the newborn. We report such a happening presenting shortly after birth with cardiogenic shock, no left ventricular output and a systemic circulation dependent on flow from a patent arterial duct.

Keywords

Coronarythrombusinfarctionneonatal
Type
From the Editor and Publisher
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , March 1999 , pp. 189 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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