Abstract:Myocardial damage following neonatal asphyxiaSixteen newborn infants with severe asphyxia were prospectively studied for evidence of secondary myocardial damage and, in that case, their clinical findings. Myocardial damage was diagnosed in three term newborn infants of adequate weight for gestacional age (18,7%) by means of serial electrocardiograms taken in the first 72 hours of life. Two of them showed evidence of difusse subendocard'al ischemia and a third one showed electrocardiographic signs suggesting ne… Show more
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