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MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE IN CHILDREN AND ITS RELATION TO CORONARY ARTERY LESIONS
Author(s) -
Pesonen Erkki
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1974.tb03589.x
Subject(s) - coronary arteries , cardiology , etiology , medicine , artery , vascular wall
Signs of fresh myocardial damage, as evidenced by the fuchsinorrhagic method, and thickenings of the inner vascular layers of the coronary arteries were found in a series of autopsies on children. The myocardial changes were more prominent in the hearts of children with infections and congenital heart defects than in those with other diseases. The extent of the damage was significantly correlated with the thickness of the inner vascular layers. These observations support the view that the vascular wall can thicken rapidly. The parallel occurrence of the myocardial damage and thickenings suggests a common aetiology.