British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 76, Issue 3 464-466, Copyright © 1996 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
C. M. Price, S. Ford, L. St John Jones and V. Murday
A 38-yr-old man with an unusual type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome presented
for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. During surgery he developed
acute myocardial ischaemia, resulting in abandonment of the procedure. He
was shown subsequently to have severe triple vessel coronary artery
disease. Silent ischaemia associated with severe coronary artery disease,
although rare, may be associated with the syndrome and is difficult to
recognize as other cardiac abnormalities are frequently present.
CASE REPORTS
Myocardial ischaemia associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Crawley Hospital, Crawley, West Sussex; St George's Hospital, London.
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