Accelerated coronary artery disease in a young woman with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and elevated lipoprotein(a).
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum frequently has cardiovascular involvement. We describe a 29-year-old woman with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and accelerated coronary artery disease who was found to have a highly elevated lipoprotein(a). This unique combination is, most likely, responsible for the clinical presentation of our case.
Alexopoulos
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Department of Medicine, Patras University Medical School, Greece.
Christodoulou
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Cokkinos
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Vagenakis
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D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017270:Lipoprotein(a) / Q000097:blood*; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors
D017270:Lipoprotein(a)