What are the symptoms of coronary artery anomalies? | Boston Children’s Hospital

What are the symptoms of coronary artery anomalies? | Boston Children’s Hospital

What are the symptoms of coronary artery anomalies? | Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston Children’s cardiologist Jane Newburger explains how children and adults usually don’t notice symptoms for coronary artery anomalies — but when they do, they can experience chest pain, irregular heartbeat, and dizziness. To learn more about the Coronary Artery Program, please visit: https://www.childrenshospital.org/pro…

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Jane Newburger, MD, MPH
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0.458 -> Most children who have congenital anomalies
3.962 -> of the coronary arteries actually don't have any symptoms related to them.
8.008 -> But when they do have symptoms, they relate to the fact
12.554 -> that sometimes, particularly during exercise, your coronary artery
18.059 -> may not be able to deliver enough oxygen to the heart muscle.
22.522 -> When that happens, the kinds of symptoms that children and young adults can have
28.236 -> are a feeling of pressure or chest pain.
32.282 -> Sometimes they feel an irregular heartbeat
34.993 -> or a very fast heartbeat, and sometimes they faint.
39.497 -> Fortunately, it is very, very rare that an individual
44.335 -> will actually have sudden death on a athletic field, for example.
49.591 -> That is an exceedingly rare occurrence.

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