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A 17-year-old male was admitted with an acute myocardial infarction. A coronarography showed 90% occlusion in of the descendent anterior artery. A coronary angioplasty was done with excellent response. As coronary risk factors he had diabetes mellitus for 5 years and dyslipidemia with a phenotype IIb and hypo-alpha-lipoproteinemia. The case is discussed in regard to the possible etiopathogenic causes for his premature atherosclerosis.