Aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease caused by alkaptonuria, a raregenetic metabolic syndrome

Authors
Vavuranakis, M Triantafillidi, H Stefanadis, C Toutouzas, P
Citation
M. Vavuranakis et al., Aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease caused by alkaptonuria, a raregenetic metabolic syndrome, CARDIOLOGY, 90(4), 1998, pp. 302-304
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00086312 → ACNP
Volume
90
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
302 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-6312(1998)90:4<302:ASACAD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Alkaptonuria is a rare metabolic disease in which homogentisic acid deposit s occur in various body tissues. We present a case of alkaptonuria which re sulted in aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease due to homogentisic a cid deposition.