title: [Follow-up study of coronary artery bypass grafting after Kawasaki disease--early and late postoperative evaluation].
abstract: In our hospital, 22 patients with severe coronary arterial lesion after Kawasaki disease underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) since 1982. The age of the cases at surgery ranged from 1 year to 19 years. Mean age was 8.3 years. Fifteen cases were bypassed using internal mammary artery (IMA) and 5 cases using IMA and autologous saphenous vein (SVG). Two cases were bypassed using only SVG. They have been examined until now by catheterization, by Treadmill test, and by Tl-201 myocardial imaging, around 1 month (Study 1) and around 1 year (Study 2) after surgery for the evaluation of results of CABG. One patient died from acute myocardial infarction 3 months after surgery and one patient shows return of anginal attack due to graft stenosis. Other patients are almost uneventful. In the study 1,20 (100%) IMA were patent, and 7 (88%) SVG were patent. In the study 2, 11 (92%) IMA and 6 (67%) SVG remained patent. Development of left anterior descending artery distal to IMA anastomosis was shown in 8 cases in the study 2. On the follow-up study with TI-201 myocardial imaging, disappearance or decrease of perfusion defect was seen in 7 cases (59%) in the study 1 and 9 cases (75%) in the study 2. On the Treadmill test, disappearance or improvement of ischemic change was seen in 15 cases (88%) in the study 1 and 10 cases (84%) in the study 2. These results suggest that IMA is more preferable for than SVG for young children who has an indication of CABG after Kawasaki disease.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ohara
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Yagihara
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kishimoto
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Isobe
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Yamamoto
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Nabuchi
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kito
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Fujita
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Suzuki
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Kamiya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*