TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute myocardial infarction caused by an anomalous left main coronary artery in a 16-year-old boy
AU - Suzuki, Susumu
AU - Ichimiya, Satoshi
AU - Kanashiro, Masaaki
AU - Watanabe, Junji
AU - Yoshikawa, Daiji
AU - Ishii, Hideki
AU - Matsubara, Tatsuaki
AU - Murohara, Toyoaki
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - A variety of structural cardiovascular abnormalities have been implicated in deaths of athletes, particularly congenital coronary arteries of anomalous origin, which are rare but major causes of myocardial ischemia and sudden death in young people. We present here the case of a rare congenital coronary artery anomaly in a 16-year-old boy who suffered from acute myocardial infarction due to occlusion of the left main trunk coronary artery, providing specific intravascular ultrasound findings for this anomaly.
AB - A variety of structural cardiovascular abnormalities have been implicated in deaths of athletes, particularly congenital coronary arteries of anomalous origin, which are rare but major causes of myocardial ischemia and sudden death in young people. We present here the case of a rare congenital coronary artery anomaly in a 16-year-old boy who suffered from acute myocardial infarction due to occlusion of the left main trunk coronary artery, providing specific intravascular ultrasound findings for this anomaly.
KW - Acute myocardial infarction
KW - Anomaly
KW - Intravascular ultrasound
KW - Left main coronary artery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.09.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856543520
SN - 1878-5409
VL - 5
SP - e55-e57
JO - Journal of Cardiology Cases
JF - Journal of Cardiology Cases
IS - 1
ER -