| Literature DB >> 12879952 |
Takaharu Katayama1, Shingo Katayama, Toru Satoh, Takashi Yagi, Nobuyoshi Hirose, Yasuo Kurita, Toshihisa Anzai, Yasushi Asakura, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Hideo Mitamura, Satoshi Ogawa.
Abstract
This is a case report of a 19-year-old man who presented with acute myocardial infarction with obstruction of one coronary artery and rapid progression to three vessels in 8 months. He was proved to have sitosterolemia, a rare hereditary disease with plant sterol storing, resulting in juvenile coronary artery disease. Atherosclerotic complications can be preventable by administration of bile acid-binding resin, after the correct diagnosis is made. We introduce this disease with a review of the literature.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12879952 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.591
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med ISSN: 0918-2918 Impact factor: 1.271