[Anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery. Apropos of sudden death in an adolescent].
A 16 year-old adolescent boy died suddenly after an effort. Autopsy showed an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva. During the 3 years preceding his death, this patient presented symptoms that were apparently induced by physical efforts: digestive troubles, chest pain and syncopes. The latter resulted in the erroneous diagnoses of epilepsy, then hypervagotonia. The incidence of this kind of malformation, the mechanism of death and the necessary investigations are discussed. Thorough autopsy should always be performed in order to elucidate the cause of sudden death in young patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Origine aortique anormale de l'artère coronaire gauche. A propos de la mort subite d'un adolescent.