Table 2

Catecholamine myocardial necrosis – Frequency and extent in different conditions
Source
 Sudden/unexpected death
 Brain hemorrhage
 Transplant heart
 AIDS
 Congestive heart failure*
 Cocaine
 Head trauma
 Electro cution
 Carbon monoxide intoxication

Coronary
 Changes









Number cases
 25
 34
 27
 46
 38
 144
 26
 45
 21
 26

no infarct+
survival ≤ 1 day >



survival ≤ 1 hour > 1





21
 4*
14
 13



26
 19

Catecholamine necrosis












Present
 15
 4
 34
 12
 12
 39
 25
 126
 11
 1
 8
 1
 3
Foci
 27 ± 10
 29 ± 10
 3 ± 1
 16 ± 5
 37 ± 14
 36 ± 9
 4 ± 2
 2 ± 0.3
 4 ± 1
 0.5
 12 ± 6
 8
 1 ± 0.5
Myocytes
 185 ± 48
 1717 ± 698
 34 ± 16
 26 ± 29
 108 ± 134
 262 ± 47
 13 ± 5
 11 ± 2
 11 ± 4
 35
 21 ± 12
 46
 5 ± 2
Cross band
 2
 1
 8
 9
 4
 14
 19
 65
 11
 1
 8
 1
 3
Alveolar
 11
 2
 16
 3
 6
 17
 6
 25
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Healing
 2
 1
 10
 -
 2
 8
 -
 36
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -

*Silent infarct in apparently normal subjects. **Hearts excised at transplantation.

Foci and myocells quantified × 100 mm2 (standard error).

Baroldi et al. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2005 3:32   doi:10.1186/1476-7120-3-32