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Myocardial infarction complicating neonatal enterovirus myocarditis
Author(s) -
Hornung TS,
Bernard EJ,
HowmanGiles RB,
Sholler GF
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00316.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , enterovirus , myocardial infarction , cardiology , virology , virus
A 10‐week‐old, 31‐week gestation preterm boy re‐presented with heart failure after an initial episode of neonatal aseptic meningitis with positive CSF enterovirus polymerase chain reaction. Investigation demonstrated global myocardial dysfunction with left ventricle posterolateral myocardial infarction. The boy’s heart failure was controlled with medical treatment but his myocardial dysfunction persisted 9 months after presentation.