Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Chetan V Hampole; Femi Philip; Alexis Shafii; Gosta Pettersson; George L Anesi; Jeetendra B Patel; Venu Menon

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.136

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Nov;92(5):1883-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.136. Epub 2011 Oct 31.

Authors

Chetan V Hampole¹, Femi Philip, Alexis Shafii, Gosta Pettersson, George L Anesi, Jeetendra B Patel, Venu Menon

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 22051286
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.136

Abstract

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a heterogeneous group of connective tissue disorders with type IV, the vascular subtype, behaving as the most severe largely due to spontaneous arterial aneurysm and dissection. In this case report we describe a spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery dissection treated with coronary artery bypass graft in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm, Ruptured / etiology*
Aortic Dissection / etiology*
Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / complications*
Humans
Male