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HAEMORRHAGIC INFARCTION OF THE MYOCARDIUM IN A NEWBORN WITH HAEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE AND ERYTHROBLASTOSIS
Author(s) -
GADOTH N.,
KORNMEHL P.,
GUERON M.,
MOSES S. W.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1978.tb16312.x
Subject(s) - medicine , erythroblastosis fetalis , myocardial infarction , cardiology , infarction , disease , heart disease , fetus , pregnancy , genetics , biology
. Extensive haemorrhagic myocardial infarction developed in a newborn, apparently as a result of anoxia due to erythroblastosis fetalis, associated with haemoglobin H disease. Acute massive myocardial infarction in the neonatal period is rare and usually is associated with congenital malformation of the heart or its blood supply. Neonatal myocardial infarction in the anatomically normal heart with normal coronary vessels, has been described in only 8 patients (1). This communication describes a newborn with acute haemorrhagic myocardial infarction due to anoxia believed to be caused by the combined effect of erythroblastosis fetalis and haemoglobin H disease.