A 19-year-old man with myocardial infarction and sitosterolemia.
This is a case report of a 19-year-old man who presented with acute myocardial infarction with obstruction of one coronary artery and rapid progression to three vessels in 8 months. He was proved to have sitosterolemia, a rare hereditary disease with plant sterol storing, resulting in juvenile coronary artery disease. Atherosclerotic complications can be preventable by administration of bile acid-binding resin, after the correct diagnosis is made. We introduce this disease with a review of the literature.
Katayama
Takaharu
T
Cardiopulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo.
Katayama
Shingo
S
Satoh
Toru
T
Yagi
Takashi
T
Hirose
Nobuyoshi
N
Kurita
Yasuo
Y
Anzai
Toshihisa
T
Asakura
Yasushi
Y
Yoshikawa
Tsutomu
T
Mitamura
Hideo
H
Ogawa
Satoshi
S
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008052:Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000097:blood*
D012855:Sitosterols