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Nonâatherosclerotic coronary pathology causing sudden death
Coronary atherosclerosis is responsible for >50% of all cases of sudden death and for 90% of sudden coronary death. Four cases encountered in routine autopsy evaluation at our institute in 2004 in which nonâatherosclerotic coronary pathology was responsible for sudden cardiac death are reported. The cases of a 31âyearâold man with epicardial coronary arteritis, a 57âyearâold man with intramyocardial vasculitis, a 45âyearâold woman with spontaneous coronary dissection and a 50âyearâold man with vascular fibrosis are described. Searching for nonâatherosclerotic coronary disease is relevant for both the clinician and the pathologist to prevent coronary causes of sudden death going unrecognised