Concomitant Coronary Artery Disease in Identical Twins: Case Report and Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is multifactorial and strongly affected by genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors. Several studies have reported development of concomitant CAD in identical twins. We report a case in which a pair of Caucasian male monozygotic twins presented almost concomitantly with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and had concordant coronary anatomy and identical site of occlusion. We performed a systematic literature review of PubMed, Web Of Science and Scopus databases from inception until 28 February 2023 of case reports/case series reporting the concomitant development of CAD in monozygotic twins. We found 25 eligible case reports with a total of 31 monozygotic twin pairs (including the case from our center) suffering from CAD and presenting (most of them simultaneo

SUBMITTER: Kamzolas O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10489011 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature