JB is a 22-year-old white female with a history of back pain and 2 microdiscectomies who was a 3-sport athlete in high school and played Division III softball during college. Since graduating college, she has been working as an inpatient nurse. In April 2020, her nursing unit was transitioned to care for COVID-19 patients. Approximately two months later, in June 2020, JB noted her exercise tolerance had declined to a level far below what she had been able to achieve just a few months prior. During that time, her running pace and distance had gradually decreased due to fatigue and occasional chest discomfort. Later that year, she began experiencing sensations of her heart “beating really hard” during aerobic exercise training. She noted heart rates (HRs) of 190 to 200 b·min−1 on several different occasions. These HRs were alarming to her because just 10 months earlier she had been running...
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March 07 2023
Absent Right Coronary Artery in an Active Young Female
Wanda Koester Qualters, MS;
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
Address for correspondence: Wanda Koester Qualters, MS, Preventive Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Medical Group, 6525 2nd Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202; e-mail: wqualte1@hfhs.org.
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Sarah E. Chase, BS
Sarah E. Chase, BS
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
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Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology (2023) 12 (1): 22–26.
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Wanda Koester Qualters, Sarah E. Chase; Absent Right Coronary Artery in an Active Young Female. Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology 1 March 2023; 12 (1): 22–26. doi: https://doi.org/10.31189/2165-6193-12.1.22
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