title: Early severe coronary artery disease and aortic coarctation in a child with familial hypercholesterolaemia.
abstract: An 11-year-old boy presented with easy fatigability, multiple xanthomas, and absent pedal pulsations. Laboratory workup showed severe hypercholesterolaemia and non-invasive imaging revealed 'normally functioning' bicuspid aortic valve and tight aortic coarctation. Coronary angiography showed severe right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis. Medical treatment resulted in significant improvement of dyslipidaemia. We successfully performed balloon dilation and stenting of his coarctation, as well as percutaneous coronary intervention for RCA lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Labib
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Haytham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Kareem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Said
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sorour
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention