Myocardial infarction complicating neonatal enterovirus myocarditis
GF Sholler Adolph Basser Cardiac Institute, New Children’s Hospital, PO Box 3515, Parramatta, NSW 2424, Australia. Fax: 02 9845 2163; email: [email protected]
Abstract
Abstract: A 10-week-old, 31-week gestation preterm boy re-presented with heart failure after an initial episode of neonatal aseptic meningitis with positive CSF enterovirus polymerase chain reaction. Investigation demonstrated global myocardial dysfunction with left ventricle posterolateral myocardial infarction. The boy’s heart failure was controlled with medical treatment but his myocardial dysfunction persisted 9 months after presentation.
