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Sudden death in an infant with aberrant origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva of the aorta: Case report and review of the literature

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An infant who had aberrant origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva of the aorta died suddenly secondary to acute myocardial infarction. Although this coronary artery anomaly has been acknowledged in previous reviews as a potential risk for sudden death, this is the first documented case of its occurrence that we could find in our review of the literature.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Medicine (Cardiac Unit), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    Richard R. Liberthson (Assistant Professor) & Joseph Custer (Instructor)

  2. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    David L. Gang (Assistant Professor)

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  1. Richard R. Liberthson
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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Liberthson, R.R., Gang, D.L. & Custer, J. Sudden death in an infant with aberrant origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva of the aorta: Case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Cardiol 4, 45–48 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02281006

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