Young athlete with sudden cardiac arrest treated with therapeutic hypothermia

Pediatr Int. 2013 Oct;55(5):e123-5. doi: 10.1111/ped.12144.

Abstract

Reported herein is a coronary anomaly that occurred in a young adolescent athlete who presented with cardiopulmonary arrest. The patient was resuscitated and treated with therapeutic hypothermia. The patient had no associated neurological complications at follow up. Enhanced computed tomography of the heart indicated an anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the right coronary sinus and coursing between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. The patient underwent surgical intervention with coronary artery bypass grafting to prevent symptom recurrence.

Keywords: cardiac arrest; coronary artery anomaly; therapeutic hypothermia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Athletes*
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypothermia, Induced / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed