Acute myocardial infarction with diffuse endarteritis, contraction bands, and distal thrombosis of the coronary arteries in a heart transplant patient

E A Bocchi; M L Higuchi; G Bellotti; V S Kowabota; R V Assis; N Stolf; A Fiorelli; A C Barretto; F Pileggi; A D Jatene

Acute myocardial infarction with diffuse endarteritis, contraction bands, and distal thrombosis of the coronary arteries in a heart transplant patient

J Heart Lung Transplant. 1992 Jan-Feb;11(1 Pt 1):31-6.

Authors

E A Bocchi¹, M L Higuchi, G Bellotti, V S Kowabota, R V Assis, N Stolf, A Fiorelli, A C Barretto, F Pileggi, A D Jatene

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Coracao, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 1540609

Abstract

The case history of a heart transplant patient who died of an acute myocardial infarction 6 months after the procedure is described. The finding of contraction bands and thrombosis associated with endarteritis suggests that coronary vasospasm may have contributed to the acute myocardial infarction during an episode of vascular rejection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery
Coronary Disease / pathology
Coronary Thrombosis / pathology*
Coronary Vasospasm / pathology
Endarteritis / pathology*
Female
Graft Rejection / immunology
Heart Transplantation / pathology*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / immunology
Myocardial Infarction / pathology*
Myocardium / pathology*