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AJP Rep 2016; 06(02): e203-e205
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584279
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Right Ventricular Myocardial Ischemia with Arrhythmia in an Asphyxiated Newborn

Anne Lee Solevåg
1   Centre for the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2   Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3   Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
,
Georg M. Schmölzer
1   Centre for the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2   Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
,
Po-Yin Cheung
1   Centre for the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2   Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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21 February 2016

25 April 2016

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07 June 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Background Infant and neonatal myocardial infarction (MI) has been described in association with congenital heart disease, coronary artery abnormalities, myocarditis, and tumors. MI in the perinatal period in a structurally normal heart and with ventricular arrhythmia as a presenting feature has not been thoroughly described. Published case reports describe treatment methods extrapolated from adult MI. However, due to the rare occurrence, the most appropriate acute treatment for both MI and ventricular arrhythmia in newborn infants remains unknown.

Case A male term infant with perinatal asphyxia and need for extensive cardiopulmonary resuscitation at birth had ventricular tachyarrhythmia and ST-elevations on electrocardiogram. Four hours after birth, he died from cardiogenic failure. A thrombus at the right coronary artery was found on autopsy.

Conclusion MI in the perinatal period in a structurally normal heart is very rare and mortality is high. Although acute treatments extrapolated from adult MI has been described to result in favorable outcomes in newborn infants, guidelines are lacking on how to manage acute MI and associated ventricular arrhythmia.

Keywords

newborn - asphyxia - myocardial infarction - arrhythmia
 

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