Left main coronary angioplasty in a 10-year-old boy with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a rare cause of premature coronary artery disease. A young boy with this disorder who underwent successful coronary angioplasty for left main stem stenosis is presented.
Mehan
V K
VK
Cardiology Center, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Salzmann
C
C
Pfammatter
J P
JP
Stocker
F P
FP
Meier
B
B
D017222:Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted; D002648:Child; D003241:Consanguinity; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male