title: [Coronary angioplasty in a 12-year-old child].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Tanajura
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stolf
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sousa
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Angioplastia coronária em uma criança de 12 anos de idade.