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