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Table 3 Causes of acute myocardial infarction in children

From: Chest pain in a 12-year-old boy: when is it a harbinger of poor outcome?

Causes

 

Anomalous left coronary artery

Takayasu’s disease

Coronary artery stenosis or spasm

Cardiomyopathy

Myocarditis

Marfan syndrome

Cardiac trauma

Kawasaki disease

Sickle cell disease

Illicit drugs, cocaine, amphetamine

Nephritic syndrome

Homocystinuria

Repair of D-TGA

Tetralogy of Fallot

Toxin

Autoimmune