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Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2000; 28(12): 760-762

Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Ramazan TOPSAKAL1, Y.Namık Kemal ERYOL1, Ergün SEYFELİ1, Altan KOÇ1, Emrullah BAŞAR1, Servet ÇETİN2
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of congenital tissue diseases characterized by disorder of collagen metabolism. The clinical features of its subgroups has been defined and are quite typical. This report presents the case of a 30-year old patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, having typical clinical features and histopathological confirmation, in which acute myocardial infarction devoloped due to dissection of the left anterior descending artery. This is the first reported Ehlers-Danlos syndrome case in Turkey with symptomatic coronary artery dissection.

Keywords: Coronary artery dissection, EhlersDanlos syndrome, acute myocardial infarction

How to cite this article
Ramazan TOPSAKAL, Y.Namık Kemal ERYOL, Ergün SEYFELİ, Altan KOÇ, Emrullah BAŞAR, Servet ÇETİN. Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2000; 28(12): 760-762
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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