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myocardial necrosis

Sunday 9 January 2005

Localization

 subendocardial myocardial necrosis
 papillary myocardial necrosis
 transmural myocardial necrosis

Types

 multifocal myocardial necrosis

Etiology

 myocardial ischemia

  • coronary stenosis
    • coronary atheroma

 in neonates and infants

  • cystic fibrosis
  • lipomatous pancreatic atrophy
  • Keshan disease

 in fetus

See also

 myocardial infarction

References

 Barry SP, Townsend PA, Latchman DS, Stephanou A. Role of the JAK-STAT pathway in myocardial injury. Trends Mol Med. 2007 Feb;13(2):82-9. PMID: 17194625

 Lazda EJ, Batchelor WH, Cox PM. Immunohistochemical detection of myocardial necrosis in stillbirth and neonatal death. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2000 Jan-Feb;3(1):40-7. PMID: 10594130