Horses and Zebras: complex cardiac anatomy in a patient with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Crit Ultrasound J. 2011 Apr;3(1):29-31. doi: 10.1007/s13089-011-0059-2.

Abstract

This case report describes a woman presenting after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with several cardiac anomalies, including a form fruste of Ebstein's anomaly complicated by a large tricuspid valve vegetation. On autopsy, she proved to have unstable plaques in epicardial vessels that likely caused arrhythmic sudden cardiac death, a reminder that even in the presence of rare anomalies, common things are common.