Coronary CT angiography for chest pain in pseudoxanthoma elasticum and cardiac intervention management

Carma Karam; Gilles Soulat; Dominique P Germain; Pascal Lacombe; Olivier Dubourg

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2015.02.004

Coronary CT angiography for chest pain in pseudoxanthoma elasticum and cardiac intervention management

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015 May-Jun;9(3):238-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.02.004. Epub 2015 Feb 19.

Authors

Carma Karam¹, Gilles Soulat², Dominique P Germain³, Pascal Lacombe², Olivier Dubourg⁴

Affiliations

¹ 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: [email protected].
² Radiology Department, Ambroise Paré Hospital (AP-HP), University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
³ Division of Medical Genetics and UMR 1179, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Montigny, France.
⁴ 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.

PMID: 25817553
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.02.004

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.

Keywords: Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary aneurysm; High-pressure balloon inflation; Intramyocardial path; Pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Angina Pectoris / diagnostic imaging*
Angina Pectoris / etiology
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
Coronary Angiography / methods*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / etiology
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Stenosis / etiology
Coronary Stenosis / therapy
Female
Humans
Multidetector Computed Tomography*
Predictive Value of Tests
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / complications*
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / diagnosis
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Stents