Cardiac arteriovenous malformation causing sudden death.
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.
Aguilera
Beatriz
B
Histopathology Service, National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Luis Cabrera 9, 28002 Madrid, Spain. b.aguilera@mju.es
Suárez-Mier
M Paz
MP
Argente
Trinidad
T
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