Sudden unexpected death following exercise and congenital anomalies of coronary arteries. A report of two cases.
Two cases of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk with unusually prolonged post-childhood survival are presented. In both cases, death was associated with physical exertion. The pathological findings included enlarged right coronary ostium, myocardial hypertrophy, endocardial fibrosis, and focal myocardial scarring.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D005082:Physical Exertion