Myocardial infarction in an adolescent: anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus in association with combined prothrombotic defects.

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We present the case of a 15-year-old boy with clinical features of an acute myocardial infarction. Angiography revealed a complete obstruction of the left main coronary artery. A coronary-aorto-bypass graft was undertaken immediately. Cardiac computed tomography demonstrated an anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus of the aorta. A thrombophilic state with a heterozygote...

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