Exercise-unrelated sudden death as the first event of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right aortic sinus

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 437-441

  De Rosa, Gabriella ^a,b   Piastra, Marco ^a   Pardeo, Manuela ^a   Caresta, Elena ^a   Capelli, Arnaldo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomalous origin of coronary artery; Children; Pediatrics; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EXERCISE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 27144516177     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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