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- Title
A Case Report of Coronary Artery Disease in a Teenage Girl.
- Authors
Mokhbery, Vahid; Bagheri, Babak; Golshani, Samad; Abdolahian, Fatemeh; Amini, Seyed Mohammad
- Abstract
Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in most parts of the world. This disorder affects mostly patients above the age 40 years. This case report introduces a 17 years old girl with early development of coronary artery disease who had severe coronary atherosclerosis and underwent PCI in cardiac catheterization laboratory of Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, Sari, Iran. Presence of risk factors for atherosclerosis was evaluated and the only findings were hypertension and family history of CAD in her father.
- Subjects
IRAN; CORONARY disease; TEENAGE girls; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC catheterization; HYPERTENSION; DISEASES
- Publication
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (JMUMS), 2012, Vol 22, Issue 86, p287
- ISSN
1735-9260
- Publication type
Article