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Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Severe Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia—Case Report and Review of the Literature

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We report the case of a 42-year-old female with a huge coronary artery aneurysm in the left anterior descending artery and another aneurysm in the right coronary artery, in association with familial hypercholesterolemia and severe mitral valve regurgitation.

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  1. Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar

    Douraid K. Shakir M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.P., F.I.C.M.S., Cornelia S Carr & Jassim Al Suwaidi

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Shakir, D.K., Carr, C.S. & Suwaidi, J.A. Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Severe Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia—Case Report and Review of the Literature. Int J Angiol 14, 249–252 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00547-005-2000-7

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