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

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 1510 - 1511
• Main Authors: Rosenthal, Rachel, Obasi, Hannah, Im, Daniel D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...