Table 2. Description of PXE patients with proved or suspected coronary artery disease.
Patient | Age | Gender | CV Risk Factors | History of coronary artery disease | Results of investigations |
1 | 60 | M | BMI = 36, Familial history of CAD | Angioplasty and stent in the RCA because of exercise angina at 53 year-old | Asymptomatic, Inferior Q wave, Akinetic inferior wall on echography, Negative treadmill-test/year, Scar in 2 inferior segments on MRI |
2 | 49 | M | BMI = 28, Tobacco use | NST-ACS at 46 year-old, Distal occlusion of LAD with collateral circulation, No angioplasty | No Angina, Dyspnea because of severe precapillary pulmonary hypertension |
3 | 39 | F | None | CABG at 10 year-old because of angina due to severe LAD stenosis and RCA occlusion. | Asymptomatic, Negative scintigraphy Functional grafts on computed tomography angiography |
4 | 73 | F | Dyslipidemia, Familial history of CAD | Chest pain during exercise in 2000, Negative treadmill-test in 2000 | Asymptomatic, Negative treadmill-test, Normal ECG and CMR |
5 | 43 | F | Hypertension | Chest pain at night only: spastic angina? | Negative treadmill-test and negative scintigraphy |
6 | 40 | F | Tobacco use | Atypical chest pain | Normal CMR, Normal ECG, Negative treadmill-test and negative scintigraphy |
CV indicates cardiovascular; M, male; F, female; BMI, body mass index (kg/m2); NST-ACS, non ST-acute coronary syndrome; CAD, coronary artery disease, CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.