Abstract
A neonate born with a normal heart developed acute myocardial infarction at 12 days of age. Trivial mitral regurgitation secondary to fibrosis of posteromedial papillary muscle progressed to heart failure at 6 months of age. Mitral valve annuloplasty improved her condition.
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Hruda, J., van de Wal, H.J.C.M., Brouwers, H.A.A. et al. Survival of a neonate after myocardial infarction complicated by late mitral regurgitation. Pediatr Cardiol 16, 131–132 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00801911
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