title: Sudden cardiac death as a presentation of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from pulmonary artery in a young adult.
abstract: Sudden cardiac death in 5-10% of cases is explained by patients with congenital abnormalities that include coronary artery malformations such as anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA). We report a case of sudden cardiac death as the first presentation of ALCAPA in a young female with no history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA ronaldpachon@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pachon
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Bridgeport Hospital/Yale New Haven Health System, Bridgeport, USA.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.affiliation: Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niemiera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011859:Radiography
keywords: ALCAPA; Sudden cardiac death; chest pain; congenital anomaly; dyspnea; exercise intolerance; syncope