Fatal myocardial infarction in a young man caused by a right megadolicho-coronary artery with thrombosis : a case report

• Published in: Clinical research in cardiology Vol. 90; no. 3; pp. 203 - 207
• Main Authors: VUONG, P. N, JANZEN, J, LANZER, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Darmstadt Steinkopff 01.03.2001; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Autopsy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - complications; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - pathology; Coronary vessels; Coronary Vessels - pathology; Heart; Heart attacks; Heart rate; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Myocardial Infarction - etiology; Myocardial Infarction - mortality; Myocardial Infarction - pathology; Veins & arteries; Human; Congenital; Infarct; Pathophysiology; Aneurysm; Coronary artery; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Congenital disease; Myocardial disease; Thrombosis; Arterial disease; Vascular disease; Case study; Pathology; Malformation; Etiology; Young adult; Myocardium; Death
• ISSN: 0300-5860; 1861-0684; 1435-1285; 1861-0692
• DOI: 10.1007/s003920170185

A case of fatal myocardial infarction in a young man, secondary to thrombosis of an isolated ectatic coronary artery, is reported. Histological study of this abnormal artery demonstrated that it was of elastic type in its proximal two centimeters. This abnormal arterial structure supports the hypothesis of a congenital defect.