Unusual sudden cardiac death from an anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva

Unusual sudden cardiac death from an anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva

A left coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva is a rare congenital coronary anomaly. We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with an anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva whose presenting sign was cardiac arrest. There is no reported instance of a child

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Veröffentlicht in:Cardiology in the young 2014-08, Vol.24 (4), p.732-734
Hauptverfasser: Bishnoi, Ram N., McMillan, Kristen N., Thompson, William R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Brief Reports
Cardiology
Child, Preschool
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - complications
Coronary vessels
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology
Heart attacks
Humans
Male
Sinus of Valsalva - abnormalities
Veins & arteries
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Zusammenfassung:A left coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva is a rare congenital coronary anomaly. We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with an anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva whose presenting sign was cardiac arrest. There is no reported instance of a child
ISSN:1047-9511
1467-1107
DOI:10.1017/S1047951113001005