Volume 59, Issue 2 pp. 235-237
Coronary Artery Disease

Primary angioplasty in CADASIL

Cherukupalli Raghu MD

Cherukupalli Raghu MD

Insitut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France

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Christophe Loubeyre MD

Corresponding Author

Christophe Loubeyre MD

Insitut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France

Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Claude Galien, 20, route de Boussy, 91480 Quincy-sous-Sénart, FranceSearch for more papers by this author
Edouard Obadia MD

Edouard Obadia MD

Insitut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France

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Marie Claude Morice MD

Marie Claude Morice MD

Insitut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France

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First published: 20 May 2003
Citations: 8

Abstract

We report an acute coronary event in a young patient suffering from cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sub-cortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL) successfully treated by primary angioplasty and direct stenting. Coronary involvement and pathophysiology of this genetic disorder is discussed. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:235–237. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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