Coronary revascularization in a child with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Jan;10(1):131-2. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.217513. Epub 2009 Oct 20.

Abstract

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease caused by a mutation in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene. It causes various presentations including tendon xanthoma and cardiac manifestations. Herein, we present a young patient with homozygous FH (HFH) who presented with dyspnea and chest pain caused by coronary arteries stenosis and treated with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at the age of 13 years. To the best of our knowledge, he is one of the youngest patients in the English language literature for whom coronary revascularization has been done in childhood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Angina Pectoris / genetics
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Stenosis / genetics
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery*
  • Dyspnea / genetics
  • Homozygote
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / diagnostic imaging
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / genetics*
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Receptors, LDL / genetics*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Receptors, LDL