Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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97951 | Forensic Science International | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Singular coronary arteries are a rare feature appearing in approximately 0.05% of the population. The clinical relevance of those anomalies varies a lot. The wide range of descriptions reaches from asymptomatic cases to sudden cardiac death. This will be discussed in a case report concerning a 31-year-old woman who was found dead in her apartment. Due to drugs that were found next to her, a suicide was assumed. The autopsy yielded an aplastic right coronary artery and a left coronary artery with an anomalous origin of the circumflex branch as well as a myocardial scar. The autopsy findings and the results of the toxicological examinations are presented and discussed in view of the cause of death.
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Authors
Annette Thierauf, Reinhard Dettmeyer, Heike Wollersen, Burkhard Madea,