title: Coronary artery dissection in Prader-Willi syndrome: case report and literature review.
abstract: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a syndrome characterized in babies by small birth weight, hypogonadism, flaccid muscle tone, and skeletal abnormalities, and in older children by intense food cravings leading to morbid obesity, hypoxemia, and right heart failure. To our knowledge, PWS has not been associated with coronary artery dissection. We report a 17-year-old woman with PWS who suffered an inferior myocardial infarction secondary to dissection of her right coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Jason C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Armada
authors.forename: Pavittarpaul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dhesi
authors.forename: Firas
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Elbash
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Primiano
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000150:complications*