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Swiss National Registry on Sudden Death in Athletes
Swiss National Registry on Sudden Death in Athletes

AnteriorMI

Angiography of the heart and autopsy

Acute anterior myocardial infarction in a 28 year old soccer player during a soccer match. Occlusion of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Succesful recanalisation and stentimplantation. The athlete died because of persistent ventricular fibrillation. Autopsy revealed plaque rupture.