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British Heart Journal 1990;63:372-373; doi:10.1136/hrt.63.6.372
Copyright © 1990 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum presenting with myocardial infarction.

A K Slade, R M John, R H Swanton

Department of Medicine, Battle Hospital, Reading.

A 31 year old man presented with an anterior myocardial infarction. He had a history of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure cause since childhood and peripheral vascular disease. A clinical diagnosis of the type 1 dominant form of pseudoxanthoma elasticum was supported by histological data from skin biopsy.


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