title: Coronary CT angiography for chest pain in pseudoxanthoma elasticum and cardiac intervention management.
abstract: We describe the case of a rare cause of severe coronary artery disease in a young woman without cardiovascular risk factors. Cardiac CT played an important role in diagnosis and cardiac management including coronary intervention.
authors: Cardiology Department, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Centre de référence des Maladies Cardiaques Héréditaires, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, UMR-EpReC, 9, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, Boulogne-Billancourt 92100, France. Electronic address: carma.karam@apr.aphp.fr.
authors: Carma
authors: C
authors: Karam
authors: Radiology Department, Ambroise Paré Hospital (AP-HP), University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors: Gilles
authors: G
authors: Soulat
authors: Division of Medical Genetics and UMR 1179, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Montigny, France.
authors: Dominique P
authors: DP
authors: Germain
authors: Radiology Department, Ambroise Paré Hospital (AP-HP), University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Lacombe
authors: Cardiology Department, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Centre de référence des Maladies Cardiaques Héréditaires, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, UMR-EpReC, 9, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, Boulogne-Billancourt 92100, France.
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Dubourg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents
keywords: Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary aneurysm; High-pressure balloon inflation; Intramyocardial path; Pseudoxanthoma elasticum