Reperfusion-related polymorphic ventricular tachycardia as a possible mechanism of sudden death in patients with anomalous coronary arteries.
We describe a patient with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery in whom polymorphic ventricular tachycardia developed immediately after an episode of chest pain with ST segment elevation. This is the first report providing direct evidence that reperfusion arrhythmias may be the cause of sudden death in individuals with anomalous coronary arteries.
Saeed
Mohammad
M
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA. mosaeed@utmb.edu
Gabara
Rifat
R
Strasberg
Boris
B
Kusniec
Jairo
J
Rosanio
Salvatore
S
Ware
David L
DL
Birnbaum
Yochai
Y
D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000150:complications*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*