Sudden cardiac arrest associated with an anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery from the opposite sinus of valsalva

Internal Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2601-2604

  Shimizu, Takeshi ^a   Iwaya, Shoji ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Nobuo ^a   Sugimoto, Koichi ^a   Nakazato, Kazuhiko ^a   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^a   Nishimura, Tomomi ^b   Takahashi, Yukihiro ^c   Saito, Shuichi ^a   Takeishi, Yasuchika ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery; Coronary artery anomaly; Sudden cardiac death; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RESUSCITATION; STERNOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL TEST; AORTA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART SURGERY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCCER;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SOCCER;

EID: 84925068576     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2676     Document Type: Article

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