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Premature coronary artery atherosclerosis in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3688025     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 26-year old white male with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presented with asymptomatic bilateral lower limb swelling. An electrocardiogram was consistent with an inferior wall myocardial infarction of unknown age and a graded exercise test using the Bruce protocol was consistent with inferolateral ischemia. Subsequent cardiac catheterization showed severe, inoperable, three-vessel coronary artery disease. Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in PWS has been documented only once in the literature, and then only postmortem. This case provides further (and for the first time, premortem) documentation that premature atherosclerotic coronary artery disease may play an important but presently unrecognized role in the morbidity and mortality in PWS.
Authors:
A S Lamb; W M Johnson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of medical genetics     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0148-7299     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Med. Genet.     Publication Date:  1987 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-01-21     Completed Date:  1988-01-21     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7708900     Medline TA:  Am J Med Genet     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  873-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Dwight David Eisenhower, Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Coronary Artery Disease / pathology*
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Humans
Male
Prader-Willi Syndrome / pathology*
Risk Factors

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