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

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 coro...

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Published inCardiology in the young Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 1510 - 1511
Main Authors Rosenthal, Rachel, Obasi, Hannah, Im, Daniel D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Cambridge University Press 01.10.2020
Subjects
Acute coronary syndromes
Anomalies
Chest
Children
Coronary artery
Coronary Sinus
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnosis
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnostic imaging
Coronary vessels
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control
Heart attacks
Heart diseases
Humans
Male
Medical imaging
Myocarditis
Myocarditis - diagnosis
Pain
Pediatrics
Veins & arteries
Young Adult
Young adults
Right coronary artery
acute coronary syndrome
anomalous coronary artery
myocarditis
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1047-9511
1467-1107
DOI:10.1017/S1047951120002279