Surgical therapy for a complication of Kawasaki's disease.
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MLNS), or Kawasaki's disease, affects thousands of infants and children each year and is associated with a high incidence of coronary artery aneurysm, which may lead to subsequent myocardial infarction. Successful use of the right subclavian-axillary artery to bypass a thrombosed aneurysm of the left anterior descending coronary artery is documented angiographically and forms the basis of this report. A management plan for MLNS patients is proposed.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery