A 56-year-old man is rushed to the emergency room after collapsing while shoveling snow. The patient has no pulse on admission but is resuscitated. Laboratory studies show elevated serum levels of...

A 56-year-old man is rushed to the emergency room after collapsing while shoveling snow. The patient has no pulse on admission but is resuscitated. Laboratory studies show elevated serum levels of cardiac-specific proteins, and ECG confirms a transmural infarct of the left ventricle. The patient expires 2 weeks later of cardiac tamponade. Examination of the patient’s brain at autopsy would most likely reveal necrosis of Purkinje cells and selective loss of neurons in which of the following regions?

(A) Frontal lobes

(B) Hippocampus

(C) Hypothalamus

(D) Occipital lobes

(E) Thalamus