Accelerated coronary artery disease in a young woman with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and elevated lipoprotein(a)

Alexopoulos, D.; Christodoulou, J.; Cokkinos, D.V.; Vagenakis, A.G.; Alexopoulos, D; Christodoulou, J; Cokkinos, D.V; Vagenakis, A.G

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Accelerated coronary artery disease in a young woman with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and elevated lipoprotein (a)

Alexopoulos, D.; Christodoulou, J.; Cokkinos, D.V.; Vagenakis, A.G.

European Heart Journal 15(10): 1428-1430

1994

ISSN/ISBN: 0195-668X

PMID: 7821325

Document Number: 425614

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum frequently has cardiovascular involvement. We describe a 29-year-old woman with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and accelerated coronary artery disease who was found to have a highly elevated lipoprotein(a). This unique combination is, most likely, responsible for the clinical presentation of our case.