Life-saving myocarditis? A case in a young adult leading to discovery of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery

Rachel Rosenthal; Hannah Obasi; Daniel D Im

doi:10.1017/S1047951120002279

Life-saving myocarditis? A case in a young adult leading to discovery of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery

Cardiol Young. 2020 Oct;30(10):1510-1511. doi: 10.1017/S1047951120002279. Epub 2020 Aug 3.

Authors

Rachel Rosenthal^{1

2}, Hannah Obasi^{1

2}, Daniel D Im^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 32741418
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120002279

Abstract

Myocarditis and coronary artery anomalies are both potentially life-threatening aetiologies of cardiac chest pain in children. We present a case of a young man presenting with non-exertional chest pain and subsequently found to have an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left coronary sinus with an interarterial course in addition to a diagnosis of myocarditis. The patient subsequently was able to undergo surgical correction of his anomalous coronary to mitigate the risk of sudden cardiac death.

Keywords: Right coronary artery; acute coronary syndrome; anomalous coronary artery; myocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Sinus*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies* / diagnosis
Coronary Vessel Anomalies* / diagnostic imaging
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Humans
Male
Myocarditis* / diagnosis
Young Adult