cardiac complications

Last reviewed 01/2018

These include:

  • mitral valve prolapse
  • restrictive cardiomyopathy
  • accelerated atherosclerosis

Reference:

  • Lebwohl M et al.. Brief report: occult pseudoxanthoma elasticum in patients with premature cardiovascular disease. NEJM 1993;339(17): 1237-53.
  • Donas KP, Schulte S, Horsch S.Balloon angioplasty in the treatment of vascular lesions in pseudoxanthoma elasticum. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2007;18: 457-459