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Document Details : Title: Severe coronary artery disease in a 21-year-old girl with pseudoxanthoma elasticum anomalous origin of the right coronary artery Author(s): S.A. Kocaman , Y. Tavil , M.R. Yalcin Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 62 Issue: 4 Date: 2007 Pages: 417-419 DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.4.2022288 Abstract : Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive calcific degeneration and fragmentation of the elastic fibres. We present a patient with PXE who had premature atherosclerosis that had involved severely all major coronary vessels as well as an anomalous origin of right coronary artery. |
