Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/31727
Title: Sudden cardiac death of a young football player
Authors: Gouveia, R. Henriques de
Lérias, G.
Silva, A. Mello e
Martins, A.
Carneiro-Moura, L.
Keywords: Sudden death;Young;Sports;Coronary malformations
Issue Date: 2010
Publisher: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Journal: http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/2632
Abstract: The overall estimated risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in the young is 1/100,000. It may occur during physical activity and the underlying possible causes are multiple. The case here reported concerns an apparently healthy 29-year-old male that dropped unconscious during a recreational football game. Reanimation manoeuvres were not successful. The autopsy revealed anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), associated to hypoplasia of the circumflex and to tortuosity and acute thrombosis of the right coronary artery. Congenital Anomalies of Coronary Arteries are a relevant cause of sudden and unexpected death, often during childhood and adolescence.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/31727
ISBN: 978-989-26-0173-1 (PDF)
DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-0173-1_78
Rights: open access
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