A teenager with mixed connective tissue disease presenting with an acute coronary syndrome

Vasc Med. 2004 Feb;9(1):31-4. doi: 10.1191/1358863x04vm519cr.

Abstract

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) manifests as a number of cardiovascular diseases; however, myocardial infarction secondary to coronary artery disease has not been well documented. We present a case of a teenager with MCTD and known cardiac risk factors who developed an acute coronary syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / complications*
  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / therapy
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*