QJM Advance Access originally published online on February 20, 2006
QJM 2006 99(3):195-196; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcl017
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Myocardial infarction in a patient with normal coronary arteries and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
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Sir,
We read with interest the excellent paper by Gallitelli et al. on emergencies in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT).1 HHT (or Osler-Weber-Rendu disease) is an uncommon autosomal dominant vascular disorder, related to an endoglin or activin-receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1) gene mutation, resulting in multiorgan vascular dysplasia.2 HHT can lead to several
Department of Cardiology
Department of Radiology
Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital of Strasbourg
email: emmanuel.andres@chru-strasbourg.fr