Anomalous coronary artery causing transmural ischaemia and ventricular tachycardia in a high school athlete

Resuscitation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Vianna, Caio Brito ^a   Gonzalez, Maria Margarita ^a   Dallan, Luis Alberto ^a   Shiozaki, Afonso Akio ^a   Medeiros, Fabio Morais ^b   Britto, Pedro Carrusca ^b   Cesar, Luiz Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anomalous coronary artery; Myocardial ischaemia; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Sports; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; SPORT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSMURAL ISCHEMIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SOCCER; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249997293     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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