Aborted sudden death in a young football player due to anomalous origin of the left coronary artery: Successful surgical correction

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 834-838

  Bria, Serena ^a   Chessa, Massimo ^b   Abella, Raul ^b   Frigiola, Alessandro ^b   Bianco, Massimiliano ^a   Palmieri, Vincenzo ^a   Zeppilli, Paolo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Exercise; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 55949084376     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282f27d30     Document Type: Article

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