Sudden death due to anomalous right coronary artery in a 26-year-old marathon runner.
Sudden death due to an anomalous right coronary artery is reported. Once considered a normal variant, there is now evidence that origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva may cause morbidity and mortality. Salient features of the condition are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012420:Running