Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Kinzo Ueda

Publications

• Case Report
  Cardiopulmonary Arrest Caused by Acute Myocardial Infarction with Multivessel Coronary Disease in a Young Adult with Von Recklinghausen's Disease
  Author(s): Takeya Minami, Kosai Cho, Toshihiro Iwasaku, Hiroaki Fujie, Naofumi Oyamada, Ichiro Hamanaka and Kinzo UedaTakeya Minami, Kosai Cho, Toshihiro Iwasaku, Hiroaki Fujie, Naofumi Oyamada, Ichiro Hamanaka and Kinzo Ueda
  
  The case involved a 38-year-old man. By 30-year-old, he had undergone surgical resection of schwannoma four times and had been diagnosed with von Recklinghausen’s disease (neurofibromatosis type I; NF1). At 35 years old, invasion of the thoracic vertebral bodies due to NF1 was recognized along with exertional chest and back pain. In November 2014, he collapsed suddenly while walking and was urgently transported to our emergency room after the return of spontaneous circulation. Forrester subset IV heart failure was recognized, and chronic total occlusion was observed in both the right coronary and left circumflex arteries, while the culprit lesion for acute coronary syndrome was in the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD). During emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to the LAD, revascularization was difficult due to slow flow caused by unexpected multiple t.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000303

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