Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: a rare cause of death in infants and young children

Cardiol Young. 2016 Jan;26(1):202-5. doi: 10.1017/S104795111500061X. Epub 2015 May 14.

Abstract

Fibromuscular dysplasia is a common vascular disease, which mainly affects the renal arteries. In this study, we report the case of a 1-day-old infant who presented with severe left ventricular dysfunction immediately after birth, and subsequently died 3 days postnatally. At autopsy, an extensive myocardial infarction of the left ventricle and the septum was found, caused by an isolated fibromuscular dysplasia of left coronary artery.

Keywords: Fibromuscular dysplasia; cause of death in infants; coronary artery; myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Vessels*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / complications*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*