Paradoxical embolism causing fatal myocardial infarction in a newborn infant
- aDepartment of Congenital Heart Disease, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London, UK, bDepartment of Histopathology, St James' University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, UK
- Dr Simpson, Department of Congenital Heart Disease, 11th Floor, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UKJohn.Simpson{at}gstt.sthames.nhs.uk
- Accepted 8 March 2001
Abstract
A neonate who presented with circulatory collapse was found to have myocardial infarction caused by thrombotic occlusion of the left main coronary artery. At autopsy, a thrombus was found in the ductus venosus making paradoxical embolism through the foramen ovale the most likely mechanism of coronary occlusion.
