Myocardial infarction in newborn infant : a case report

الملخص EN

A neonate with Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome who presented with circulatory collapse was found to have myocardial infarction caused most probably by air embolism to coronary artery.

Milking of the umbilical cord after delivery causing paradoxical air embolism through the atrial septal defect is the most likely mechanism of coronary occlusion.