Sudden death associated with a cardiac diverticulum.
We describe the unusual case of a 20-year-old Aboriginal man who was admitted to hospital with chest pain. He died 1 day later. Necropsy showed extensive anterior myocardial infarction in the left ventricle. An isolated diverticulum arising from the subaortic valve region of the left ventricle had compressed the left main coronary artery.
Cooke
C T
CT
Department of Forensic Pathology, State Health Laboratory Services, Perth, Western Australia.
Nolan
J R
JR
Kilburn
C J
CJ
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D044469:Racial Groups