Aberrant origin of the right coronary artery as a potential cause of sudden death: successful anatomical correction.
A man with an aberrant right coronary artery and haemodynamically important prolapse of the mitral valve was successfully resuscitated. The aberrant right coronary artery was thought to be a possible cause of the cardiopulmonary arrest in this patient. Both lesions were corrected at a single operation.
Nelson-Piercy
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Royal Brompton and National Heart Hospital, London.
Rickards
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Yacoub
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D000368:Aged; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D012151:Resuscitation