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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1135-7606</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Medicina Forense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cuad. med. forense]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1135-7606</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación de Médicos Forenses de Andalucía]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1135-76062016000200006</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Oclusión coronaria crónica silente como causa de muerte súbita en deportistas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Silent coronary chronic occlusion as a cause of sudden death in athletes]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández-Cascales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MÁ]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Ayala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JM]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández del Rincón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JP]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gimeno Blanes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JR]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pastor-Quirante]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer Servicio de Medicina Intensiva ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Murcia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca Unidad de cardiopatías familiares ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Murcia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Medicina Legal de Murcia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Murcia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía Servicio de Anatomía Patológica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Murcia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>3-4</numero>
<fpage>98</fpage>
<lpage>101</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1135-76062016000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1135-76062016000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1135-76062016000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La oclusión completa del tronco es un hallazgo extremadamente raro cuya etiología más frecuente suele ser la ateroesclerosis. El curso clínico de la oclusión aguda asocia muy mal pronóstico mientras que la oclusión crónica puede cursar con síntomas anginosos durante semanas o meses. Las oclusiones completas crónicas de las arterias coronarias no es un proceso incompatible con la vida, siempre que haya una adecuada red de colaterales que garantice la función del miocardio ventricular izquierdo. Presentamos dos deportistas con oclusión crónica total del tronco coronario izquierdo y de la coronaria descendente anterior proximal que sufrieron una muerte súbita cardiaca.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Total occlusion of the left main coronary artery is extremely rare. Most common cause is severe atherosclerosis. Clinical presentation of acute occlusion is usually catastrophic and it has been associated with poor prognosis. Chronic total occlusion presents with anginal syndrome. The duration of angina may vary from weeks to many years. It is important to bare in mind that the chronic occlusion may be compatible with life whenever there is an adequate collateral blood flow that it maintaining left ventricular function. We report two athletes that suffering sudden death in whom chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery and proximal anterior descending was found at arteriography or necropsy.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Oclusión coronaria crónica silente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Muerte súbita]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Deportista.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronary chronic occlusion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sudden death]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Athletes]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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