Volume 55, Issue 5 p. e123-e125
PATIENT REPORT

Young athlete with sudden cardiac arrest treated with therapeutic hypothermia

Katsuaki Kojima

Corresponding Author

Katsuaki Kojima

Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Correspondence: Katsuaki Kojima, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8555, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Akihiro Sato

Akihiro Sato

Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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Yukio Yamashita

Yukio Yamashita

Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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Jun Ishihara

Jun Ishihara

Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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Hideshi Aoyagi

Hideshi Aoyagi

Heart Center, Yokohama-City Bay Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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Kaoru Okishige

Kaoru Okishige

Heart Center, Yokohama-City Bay Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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First published: 18 October 2013
Citations: 1

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.

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