Visible age-related signs in an Arab patient presenting with a myocardial infarction.

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  • Nitesh Nerlekar
  • Desmond Chee
  • Shanti Narayanasamy
  • Meenal Sharma
  • Lachlan Couper
چکیده

Disclosure: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received 14 October 2014; revised 28 October 2014; accepted 29 October 2014. Available online 29 November 2014 ⇑ Corresponding author at: Department of Cardiology, The Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Road, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia. Figure 1. (A) Bilateral xanthelasma palpebrarum; ear lobe crease (Frank’s sign) on the right (B) and left (C) ears. Main – photograph of patient showing greying hair, wrinkled forehead and globally receding hairline.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

دوره 27 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015