Reperfused MI...Characteristic Gross Pathology Findings

Question 1

Acute (Days 1-3)

Answer 1

Dark mottling and hemorrhage immediately following reperfusion

Question 2

Earliest subacute (Days 4-5)

Answer 2

Dark mottled red and brown (no change)

Question 3

Early subacute (Days 6-10)

Answer 3

Shrunken red and brown and bits of gray-white

Question 4

Mid Subacute (Days 11-14)

Answer 4

Brown and intermingled w/ gray-white

Question 5

Late Subacute (weeks 2-7)

Answer 5

Progressive white, intermingled normal