Acute myocardial infarction and Friedreich's ataxia.

dc.contributor.authorSharma, Arvind K
dc.contributor.authorKiyokawa, Miki
dc.contributor.authorKim, Edward T
dc.contributor.authorLee, David T
dc.contributor.authorKasuya, Richard T.
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-25T23:00:57Z
dc.date.available2016-10-25T23:00:57Z
dc.date.issued2002-09
dc.description.abstractWhile cardiac disease is noted in 90% of patients with Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), the finding of coronary artery disease is unusual. To the best of our knowledge only two cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been reported in patients with FRDA. Large vessel CAD has not been reported previously in patients with FRDA. We report a young patient with AMI and obstruction of large epicardial arteries.
dc.identifier.issn0017-8594
dc.identifier.pubmed12422385
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/53678
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.meshAcute Disease
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshCoronary Artery Bypass
dc.subject.meshCoronary Stenosis/complications/surgery
dc.subject.meshFriedreich Ataxia/complications
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMyocardial Infarction/complications/surgery
dc.titleAcute myocardial infarction and Friedreich's ataxia.
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.number9
prism.pagerange199-201, 212
prism.publicationnameHawaii Medical Journal
prism.volume61

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