Acute myocardial infarction with origin of the left circumflex coronary artery from the right (anterior) aortic sinus with retroaortic course to the left atrioventricular sulcus

Am J Cardiol. 1996 Sep 15;78(6):720-1. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00407-9.

Abstract

The case of a 17-year-old boy is described, who had myocardial infarction during scholastic sports 15 minutes after scrotal trauma. Cardiac catheterization revealed a nonstenosed aberrant left circumflex artery originating from the right (anterior) sinus of Valsalva with retroaortic course, which has to be regarded the infarct vessel according to electrocardiographic, ventriculographic, and scintigraphic findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Athletic Injuries / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / pathology*
  • Radionuclide Ventriculography
  • Scrotum / injuries*