Timeline of myocardial infarction pathology

Timeline of myocardial infarction pathology

This table gives an overview of the pathology seen in myocardial infarction by time after obstruction.

For the first ~30 minutes no change at all can be seen by gross examination or by light microscopy in histopathology. However, in electron microscopy relaxed myofibrils, as well as glycogen loss and mitochondrial swelling can be seen.

Time Gross examination Histopathology
(light microscopy)
0 - 0.5 hours None None
0.5 - 4 hours None
  • Glycogen Depletion, as seen with a PAS Stain
  • Possibly waviness of fibers at border
4 - 12 hours
  • Initiation of coagulation necrosis
  • Edema
  • Hemorrhage
12 - 24 hours
  • Dark mottling
1 - 3 days
  • Infarct center becomes yellow-tan
  • Continued coagulation necrosis
  • Loss of nuclei and striations
  • Increased infiltration of neutrophils to interstitium
3 - 7 days
  • Hyperemia at border
  • Softening yellow-tan center
  • Beginning of disintegration of dead muscle fibers
  • Necrosis of neutrophils
  • Beginning of macrophage removal of dead cells at border
7 - 10 days
  • Maximally soft and yellow-tan
  • Red-tan margins
  • Increased phagocytosis of dead cells at border
  • Beginning of granulation tissue formation at margins
10 - 34 days
  • Red-gray and depressed borders
  • Mature granulation tissue with type I collagen[1]
2 - 8 weeks
  • Gray-white granulation tissue
  • Increased collagen deposition
  • Decreased cellularity
More than 2 months Completed scarring Dense collagenous scar formed
If not else specified in boxes, then reference is nr [2]

Once scarring is completed, there is yet no common method of telling the actual age of the infarct, since e.g. a scar that is four months old looks identical to a scar that is ten years old.

References

  1. ^ Bishop JE, Greenbaum R, Gibson DG, Yacoub M, Laurent GJ. Enhanced deposition of predominantly type I collagen in myocardial disease. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1990;22:1157–1165
  2. ^ Table 11-2 in: Mitchell, Richard Sheppard; Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson. Robbins Basic Pathology. Philadelphia: Saunders. ISBN 1-4160-2973-7.  8th edition.

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