Severe coronary artery disease in a 21-year-old girl with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and anomalous origin of the right coronary artery

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive calcific degeneration and fragmentation of the elastic fibres. We present a patient with PXE who had premature atherosclerosis that had involved severely all major coronary vessels as well as an anomalous origin of rig...

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Published inActa cardiologica Vol. 62; no. 4; p. 417
Main Authors Kocaman, Sinan Altan, Tavil, Yusuf, Yalçin, Mehmet Ridvan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.08.2007
Subjects
Adult
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Artery Disease - complications
Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis
Coronary Artery Disease - surgery
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - complications
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnosis
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - surgery
Female
Humans
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum - complications
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive calcific degeneration and fragmentation of the elastic fibres. We present a patient with PXE who had premature atherosclerosis that had involved severely all major coronary vessels as well as an anomalous origin of right coronary artery.
ISSN:0001-5385
DOI:10.2143/AC.62.4.2022288