Aortic Thrombosis and Subsequent Myocardial Infarction in a Previously Healthy 12-Year-Old Male

Nobuyuki Ikeda; Dhaval Patel; Alexander J Javois; Kristen Nelson-McMillan; Chawki El-Zein; Luca A Vricella; Narutoshi Hibino

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102049

Aortic Thrombosis and Subsequent Myocardial Infarction in a Previously Healthy 12-Year-Old Male

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Oct 3:25:102049. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102049. eCollection 2023 Nov 1.

Authors

Nobuyuki Ikeda¹, Dhaval Patel¹, Alexander J Javois^{1

2}, Kristen Nelson-McMillan^{1

3}, Chawki El-Zein¹, Luca A Vricella^{1

4}, Narutoshi Hibino^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Advocate Children's Heart Institute, Advocate Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA.
² Section of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Abstract

Aortic thrombus formation in children is uncommon, particularly in an otherwise healthy pediatric patient. Thromboembolism of such thrombi resulting in subsequent ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is, thus, exceedingly rare. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; acute heart failure; myocardial ischemia; pediatric surgery; thrombus.

Publication types

Case Reports