Anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery: in-hospital cardiac arrest and death despite bed rest

Whitney Law; Daniel J DiBardino; Raveen Raviendren; Eric Devaney; Christopher Davis

doi:10.1177/2150135114547586

Anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery: in-hospital cardiac arrest and death despite bed rest

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2014 Oct;5(4):580-2. doi: 10.1177/2150135114547586.

Authors

Whitney Law¹, Daniel J DiBardino², Raveen Raviendren¹, Eric Devaney³, Christopher Davis⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, Cardiovascular Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Daniel.dibardino@gmail.com.
³ Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, Cardiovascular Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.

PMID: 25324257
DOI: 10.1177/2150135114547586

Abstract

A ten-year-old female was admitted with syncope and a myocardial infarction, was resuscitated, and was diagnosed with anomalous left coronary artery from right aortic sinus. After initial stabilization, she was on bed rest in the intensive care unit awaiting surgery and experienced sudden arrest and could not be resuscitated, resulting in death.

Keywords: anomalous left coronary artery; artery/arteries; cardiac anatomy/pathologic anatomy; complications; congenital heart disease; sudden death.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta / abnormalities
Bed Rest
Child
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / therapy
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Syncope / etiology