Familial clustering of cardiac conditions in patients with anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery and myocardial bridges

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1099 - 1105
• Main Authors: Agrawal, Hitesh, Mery, Carlos M., Sexson Tejtel, S. Kristen, Fraser, Charles D., McKenzie, E. Dean, Qureshi, Athar M., Molossi, Silvana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Algorithms; Anomalies; Aorta; Arrhythmia; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Athletes; Bridges; Cardiology; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular disease; Children; Clustering; Congenital diseases; Coronary artery; Coronary artery disease; Coronary vessels; Death; Families & family life; Family medical history; Genetics; Heart; Heart diseases; Marfan syndrome; Mortality; Original Article; Pain; Patients; Siblings; Sinuses; Surgery; Thoracic surgery; Veins & arteries; United States > US; Vallejo California; Texas; myocardial bridge; Anomalous coronary artery

Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery is the second leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest/death in young athletes in the United States of America. Limited data are available regarding family history in this patient population. Patients were evaluated prospectively from 12/2012 to 02/2017 in...