Acute myocardial infarction in a child with nephrotic syndrome

Myocardial infarction is very rare in children. It can have different etiologies such as thromboembolism caused by nephrotic syndrome (NS).We report the case of a 15 year old boy with NS, diagnosed at the age of 7 year, admitted for prolonged chest pain. The final diagnosis was ST-elevation myocardi...

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Main Authors: Salma Charfeddine, Chedy Yousfi, Bayene Maalej, Faten Triki, Leila Abid, Samir Kammoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255121001529