Sudden death while playing tennis due to a tear in ascending aorta (without dissection) and probable transient compression of the left main coronary artery.
Comfort
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Department of Medicine, Orlando General Hospital, Florida, USA.
Curry
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Roberts
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D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications*; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013715:Tennis