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Isolated Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Coronary Vasculitis and Valvulitis

A 30-year-old woman presented with angina pectoris. Coronary angiography revealed severe stenosis in the left main and right coronary arteries that did not improve with intracoronary nitroglycerin. Coronary computed tomography angiography and positron emission tomography revealed coronary ostia infl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kim, Yoon Kook, Chekka, Praveen, Mysore, Manu, Childress, James, Alfaraidhy, Maha, Thomas, Afton, Taylor, Bradley, Mikdashi, Jamal, Liu, Stanley, Wang, Libin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8310968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.12.007
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Sumario:A 30-year-old woman presented with angina pectoris. Coronary angiography revealed severe stenosis in the left main and right coronary arteries that did not improve with intracoronary nitroglycerin. Coronary computed tomography angiography and positron emission tomography revealed coronary ostia inflammation and aortic root fat stranding. She was diagnosed with vasculitis and valvulitis and received immunotherapy and coronary bypass. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)