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Coronary artery stenting in a patient with progeria.
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions - 1 Aug 2017
Roggen Mieke, Dubois Christophe, Gewillig Marc
Abstract excerpt
Progeria syndrome is a very rare disease with early demise in the second decade due to cardiovascular disease. Most events are sudden and fatal, leaving no time for medical or interventional therapies; no such interventional therapy has been reported. We present a 13 years old boy who previously had suffered from dissection of both internal carotid arteries; he now presented with exercise-induced angina. Both...
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