Large myocardial infarction with myocardium calcium deposits associated with reperfusion injury

Elisabete Rios; Jennifer Mancio; Pedro Rodrigues-Pereira; Domingos Magalhães; Carla Bartosch

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2014.07.001

Large myocardial infarction with myocardium calcium deposits associated with reperfusion injury

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2014 Nov-Dec;23(6):379-80. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2014.07.001. Epub 2014 Jul 15.

Authors

Elisabete Rios¹, Jennifer Mancio², Pedro Rodrigues-Pereira¹, Domingos Magalhães³, Carla Bartosch⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
² Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho, Portugal.
³ Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal; Department of Pathology, Portuguese Oncology Institute-Porto, Portugal; Cancer Biology and Epigenetics Group, Research Center of Portuguese Oncology Institute- Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: carlabartosch@med.up.pt.

PMID: 25127059
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2014.07.001

Abstract

The clinical and autopsy findings of a 66-year-old man with myocardial infarction complicated by reperfusion injury are described, highlighting the presence of large myocardium calcium deposits.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Calcium deposits; Reperfusion injury.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Calcinosis / complications
Calcinosis / pathology*
Coronary Artery Disease / complications
Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Myocardial Infarction / pathology*
Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / complications
Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / pathology*
Myocardium / pathology