Congenital coronary artery anomalies as an important cause of sudden death in the young.
Unlike sudden cardiac death in adults and elderly people, sudden cardiac death in young people (< or =35 years) is often triggered by nonatherosclerotic coronary artery disease, either acquired (arteritis, spontaneous dissection) or congenital in origin. In particular, congenital coronary artery malformations were reported as the cause of 5%-35% of sudden death in the young, and a wide range of abnormalities including anomalous origin, course, or both were described.
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Department of Pathology and Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Via A. Gabelli, 61, 35121 Padua, Italy.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans