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Coronary artery bypass in a 15-year-old girl with pseudoxanthoma elasticum
H Nishida1, M Endo, H Koyanagi
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 15-year-old girl with pseudoxanthoma elasticum and associated severe coronary artery disease underwent double coronary artery bypass using left internal mammary artery and saphenous vein. Preoperatively the patient had life-threatening syncope and positive treadmill test results. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient has been doing well for 3 years. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare disease that can cause premature coronary arterial obstructive disease in children and adolescents.