Onset during exercise of spontaneous coronary artery dissection and sudden death. Occurrence in a trained athlete: case report and review of prior cases.
This report describes a spontaneous coronary artery dissection occurring during exercise in a long-distance runner who otherwise had a normal coronary arteriogram. This syndrome has been reported before and the two previous cases are reviewed. Coronary dissection is a rare cause of death during exercise.
Sherrid
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MV
Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA.
Mieres
J
J
Mogtader
A
A
Menezes
N
N
Steinberg
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012420:Running