Experience of early diagnosing of Bland-White-Garland syndrome in paediatric practice

Myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome in children is referred to as a rare congenital anomaly up to the present date. However, despite the rarity of this syndrome, practicing pediatricians, cardiologists should be cautious about the disease in order to avoid the fatal consequences of untimely diagnosis. The article describes the main causes, pathogenesis, clinical picture, treatment tactics and disease prognosis – according to the literature of Russian and foreign authors, and presents a clinical discussion of the case of early detection of the Bland-White-Garland syndrome during the planned outpatient examination of the child.

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