Clinico-histopathological correlation of symptomatic left main coronary artery electrocardiographic ischemia pattern in a young child with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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The specific electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern of left main coronary artery ischemia is exceptionally rare in children and under recognized. Occasional reports are bereft of a detailed mechanistic ECG description and limited to dissection, spasm, or anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery. An association with pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is hitherto unreported. We furbish a detailed electrocardiographic description of this entity in the unusual setting of a 4-year-old child with HCM with a restrictive phenotype and exertional symptoms consistent with myocardial ischemia. Heart transplant was performed for this rare indication. Histopathology of the explanted heart in particular revealed left main coronary artery narrowing and provided us with a unique window of opportunity to correlate with clinical findings. The pathophysiology was also likely exacerbated by diffuse sub endocardial ischemia in the milieu of left ventricular hypertrophy with elevated end diastolic pressures. We anticipate that this illustrative case will help contextualize this as well as pediatric scenarios in which the 'left main ischemia' ECG pattern can be encountered and foster an accurate electrocardiographic recognition of this entity in children.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:70

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Journal of electrocardiology - 70(2022) vom: 07. Jan., Seite 75-78

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Blake, Jennifer M [VerfasserIn]
Kohli, Utkarsh [VerfasserIn]
Hallman, Kelly M [VerfasserIn]
Shehata, Bahig M [VerfasserIn]
Sriram, Chenni S [VerfasserIn]

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Case Reports
Heart transplant
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Journal Article
Left main ischemia

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Date Completed 15.03.2022

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2021.12.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335073476