title: Cardiac arteriovenous malformation causing sudden death.
abstract: Cardiac vascular malformations are rare. We report a subendocardial arteriovenous malformation (AVM), associated with extensive myocardial fibrosis, causing sudden death in a 25-year-old woman. To our knowledge, this is the first autopsy case reported.
authors.affiliation: Histopathology Service, National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Luis Cabrera 9, 28002 Madrid, Spain. b.aguilera@mju.es
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aguilera
authors.forename: M Paz
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Suárez-Mier
authors.forename: Trinidad
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Argente
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000473:pathology*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans