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Davies, 1989, Factors influencing the presence or absence of acute coronary artery thrombi in sudden ischemic death, Eur Heart J, 10, 203, 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059467

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Kragel, 1991, Morphologic comparison of frequency and types of acute lesions in the major epicardial coronary arteries in unstable angina pectoris, sudden coronary death and acute myocardial infarction, J Am Coll Cardiol, 18, 801, 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90805-J

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Burke, 1998, Effect of risk factors on the mechanism of acute thrombosis and sudden coronary death in women, Circulation, 97, 2110, 10.1161/01.CIR.97.21.2110

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Basso, 2000, Clinical profile of congenital coronary artery anomalies with origin from the wrong aortic sinus leading to sudden death in young competitive athletes, J Am Coll Cardiol, 35, 1493, 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00566-0

Roberts, 1992, The four subtypes of anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right aortic sinus (or from the right coronary artery), Am J Cardiol, 70, 119, 10.1016/0002-9149(92)91406-T

Taylor, 1992, Sudden cardiac death associated with isolated congenital coronary artery anomalies, J Am Coll Cardiol, 20, 640, 10.1016/0735-1097(92)90019-J

Taylor, 1997, Anomalous right or left coronary artery from the contralateral coronary sinus: “high-risk” abnormalities in the initial coronary artery course and heterogeneous clinical outcomes, Am Heart J, 133, 428, 10.1016/S0002-8703(97)70184-4