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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2020

Rachel Rosenthal ,
Hannah Obasi  and
Daniel D. Im Open the ORCID record for Daniel D. Im [Opens in a new window]
Rachel Rosenthal
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Department of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hannah Obasi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Department of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Daniel D. Im*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Department of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Daniel Im, Department of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center, 2020 Zonal Ave. IRD 114, Los Angeles CA, 90033, USA. Tel: +323-409-5707; Fax: +323-226-4380. E-mail: danielim@usc.edu
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Right coronary arterymyocarditisanomalous coronary arteryacute coronary syndrome

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2020 , pp. 1510 - 1511
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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