Anatomic correction of ALCAPA in an adult presenting with sudden cardiac death

We report on a young adult with ALCAPA, who was successfully resuscitated after collapsing in ventricular fibrillation while playing football. This was followed by anatomical correction of the anomaly with a smooth recovery and return to his daily activities. The advantages of this approach are disc...

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Autores principales: Simry, Walid, Afifi, Ahmed, Hosny, Hatem, Elguindy, Ahmed, Yacoub, Magdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2015
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Images in Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26779521
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2015.46
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author Simry, Walid
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description We report on a young adult with ALCAPA, who was successfully resuscitated after collapsing in ventricular fibrillation while playing football. This was followed by anatomical correction of the anomaly with a smooth recovery and return to his daily activities. The advantages of this approach are discussed in this brief report.
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spelling pubmed-47037152016-01-15 Anatomic correction of ALCAPA in an adult presenting with sudden cardiac death Simry, Walid Afifi, Ahmed Hosny, Hatem Elguindy, Ahmed Yacoub, Magdi Glob Cardiol Sci Pract Images in Cardiology We report on a young adult with ALCAPA, who was successfully resuscitated after collapsing in ventricular fibrillation while playing football. This was followed by anatomical correction of the anomaly with a smooth recovery and return to his daily activities. The advantages of this approach are discussed in this brief report. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2015-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4703715/ /pubmed/26779521 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2015.46 Text en © 2015 Simry, Afifi, Hosny, Elguindy, Yacoub, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Anatomic correction of ALCAPA in an adult presenting with sudden cardiac death
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title_short Anatomic correction of ALCAPA in an adult presenting with sudden cardiac death
title_sort anatomic correction of alcapa in an adult presenting with sudden cardiac death
topic Images in Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703715/
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