Bilateral origin of the left anterior descending coronary artery in a young man.
Abnormalities of coronary artery origin from the aorta have been implicated in sudden death in sports among young athletes. We describe an 18-year-old patient who presented with nonspecific chest pain, developed ventricular couplets during recovery from a stress test, and whose coronary angiograms revealed bilateral left anterior descending coronary arteries, an abnormality that has not been previously reported.
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Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013909:Thorax