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New Report of Severe Coronary Artery Disease in an Eighteen-Year-Old Girl with Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

Case Report and Review of the Literature

Christiane Masquet, MD

Suzanne Kural-Ménasché, MD

Olivier Le Dref, MD

Philippe Beaufils, MD

Jean-Philippe Kévorkian, MD

Clinique Thérapeutique Hôpital Lariboisière 2, Rue Ambroise Paré 75010, Paris, France

An eighteen-year-old woman with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) suffered from mild angina pectoris over a ten-year period. Severe triple-vessel disease with mild left ventric ular dysfunction was demonstrated on angiography. No revascularization was feasible. Despite a reported high frequency of angina pectoris among patients with PXE, only 10 convincing reports have appeared in the literature. Careful coronary artery evaluation is required in young patients with PXE, even though asymptomatic, because coronary artery disease (CAD) seems to be frequent and because no precise feature can be distinguished between types with or without severe vascular disease. Through very rare reports, surgical revascularization appears feasible and beneficial in a less severe form of CAD in patients with PXE. The risk of premature and severe diffuse CAD in PXE does not seem to be explained only by the combination of increased Lp [a] (or any other risk factor) and PXE.

Angiology, Vol. 48, No. 8, 735-741 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704800810


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