Ectopic High Origin of a Coronary Artery from the Aorta – A Possible Cause of Sudden Death

Eren, Bülent; Türkmen, Nursel; Senel, Berna

doi:10.14712/18059694.2016.126

Acta Medica > Archive > 2009, Vol. 52 > Issue 4 > Ectopic High Origin of a Coronary Artery…

Acta Med. 2009, 52: 171-172

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.126

Ectopic High Origin of a Coronary Artery from the Aorta – A Possible Cause of Sudden Death

Bülent Eren^a, Nursel Türkmen^b, Berna Senel^c

^aCouncil of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Bursa Morgue Department, Bursa, Turkey
^bUludag University Medical Faculty, Forensic Medicine Department, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Bursa Morgue Department, Bursa, Turkey
^cCouncil of Forensic Medicine of Turkey Istanbul, Morgue Department, Istanbul, Turkey

Received February 2, 2009
Accepted November 30, 2009

Congenital anomalies originating it the coronary arteries are of special interest for forensic specialists. The presented case is a man found dead on the Coast of Marmara Sea. The death was considered to be suspicious and an autopsy was performed. On the macroscopic autopsy, the ostium of the right coronary artery was hole-like, located in a normal position, but the ostium of the left coronary artery was pocket-shaped and located in the left wall of the ascending aorta and above the rim of the sinotubular junction. We describe an asymptomatic, but didactic case with ectopic high origin of the left coronary artery.