Polymer Coating Embolism: Cause of Cerebral Vasculopathy and Death following Congenital Heart Repair in Two Infants

J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2017 Nov 1;76(11):978-980. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlx079.

Authors

Rashi I Mehta¹, Richard J Perrin², Raman Baldzizhar³, Rupal I Mehta⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
² Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
⁴ Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Autopsy
Child
Embolism*
Heart Diseases*
Humans
Infant
Polymers

Substances

Polymers

Grants and funding

K08 NS089830/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States