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A case of neurofibromatosis associated with a coronary artery aneurysm and myocardial infarction

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A case of myocardial infarction secondary to thrombosis of a coronary artery aneurysm in a patient with neurofibromatosis is presented. The vascular manifestations of neurofibromatosis, and the associated clinical sequelae, are reviewed.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Krishna Kandarpa M.D., Ph.D. & John F. Stoll

  2. Harvard Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Craig Reiss & John D. Rutherford

  3. Harvard Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Lawrence M. Cohn

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Kandarpa, K., Stoll, J.F., Reiss, C. et al. A case of neurofibromatosis associated with a coronary artery aneurysm and myocardial infarction. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 11, 143–145 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577105

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