Malignant atherosclerosis involving multiple vascular beds in familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia: Management strategies

Malignant atherosclerosis involving multiple vascular beds in familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia: Management strategies

A 7year male with heart failure and hypercholesterolemia was found to have severe narrowing of abdominal aorta and proximal left anterior descending artery with left ventricular dysfunction. Apart from lipid-lowering therapy a staged balloon dilation of aorta and coronary intervention were done succ...

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Main Authors: Ankita A. Kulkarni, Dhiraj Kumar, Charan P. Lanjewar, Chandrahas T. Deshmukh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
Subjects:
Atherosclerosis
Coarctoplasty
Familial hypercholestrolemia
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Xanthomata
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X22000391

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