Myocardial infarction in an adult resulting from coronary aneurysms previously documented in childhood after an acute episode of Kawasaki's disease.
Coronary aneurysms resulting from a previous episode of Kawasaki's disease are considered an important cause of myocardial infarction in children. A case of a 19-year-old man presenting with an acute myocardial infarction associated with coronary aneurysms is described. These coronary lesions were previously evaluated angiographically and echocardiographically at the age of 13 years, 5 months after the acute episode of a Kawasaki's disease.
Pongratz
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Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
Gansser
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Bachmann
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Singer
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Worth
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography