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Chapter 6 - Ischaemia and Infarction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2019

Michael T. Ashworth
Michael T. Ashworth
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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Summary

This chapter is devoted to the macroscopic and microscopic appearance of myocardial ischaemia and includes discussion of regional myocardial infarction and of papillary muscle rupture. Coronary atherosclerosis can occur, albeit rarely, in the child, and this is discussed particularly in relation to hypercholesterolaemia. Antiphospholipid syndrome and haemolytic-uraemic syndrome are also discussed.

Keywords

infarctnecrosispapillary ruptureantiphospholipidcalcificationatherosclerosishaemolytic-uraemiccoronary artery
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Pathology of Heart Disease in the Fetus, Infant and Child
Autopsy, Surgical and Molecular Pathology
 , pp. 155 - 163
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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