ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1980
Page Count: 4

Sudden Death Due to Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Trunk
Roh, LS
Pathologist/deputy medical examiner, N.Y.

(Received 17 July 1979; accepted 1 August 1979)

Abstract

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk is a rare congenital anomaly of the cardiovascular system. Most patients with this condition die during the first year of life without proper treatment. In rare instances a patient will survive to his teens and adulthood. However, in most of these cases minor symptoms are present such as a feeling of heaviness of the lower chest, mild chest pain, or some electrocardiographic changes. A sudden unexpected death because of this anomaly, in a previously healthy athletic 22 year old, is reported.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, cardiovascular system, death

Paper ID: JFS10934J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10934J
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