Hypoplastic Coronary Artery Disease Presenting with Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest | Zendy

Abra Guo | Zendy; Hooman Bakhshi | Zendy; James M. O'Hara | Zendy; Leonard Genovese | Zendy; Adam S. Fein | Zendy; Alireza Maghsoudi | Zendy; Chirag Sandesara | Zendy

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Hypoplastic Coronary Artery Disease Presenting with Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest

Author(s) -

Abra Guo,

Hooman Bakhshi,

James M. O'Hara,

Leonard Genovese,

Adam S. Fein,

Alireza Maghsoudi,

Chirag Sandesara

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

european journal of case reports in internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2284-2594

DOI - 10.12890/2021_002736

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation , sudden cardiac death , coronary artery disease , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , sudden cardiac arrest , sudden death

Hypoplastic coronary artery disease is a rare congenital anomaly that may present with ischaemic heart disease, heart failure or sudden cardiac death (SCD). We describe a case of cardiac arrest in a healthy young man. Work-up revealed a hypoplastic left anterior descending artery. The patient underwent cardioverter-defibrillator implantation for secondary prevention.

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