[Coronary angioplasty in a 12-year-old child].
Coronary artery disease is seldom reported in patients under 20 years of age. We present here the case of a 12 years old male, with systemic high blood pressure who had 2 episodes of typical chest pain. He underwent a submaximal exercise treadmill test which was negative. He then underwent cinecoronarography that revealed a 78% (measured by the caliper) obstruction in the proximal segment of the circumflex coronary artery with 3 mm of extension. The left coronary artery and the left ventricle were normal. The patient was subjected to a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, which was successful and left a 12% (measured by caliper) residual stenosis. The late angiographic restudy (5 months after the procedure) showed the maintenance of the immediate success of the procedure.
Tanajura
L F
LF
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo.
Cano
M N
MN
Haddad
V L
VL
Stolf
N
N
Souza
A G
AG
Sousa
J E
JE
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis
Angioplastia coronária em uma criança de 12 anos de idade.