Twenty-two-year follow-up of saphenous vein grafts in pediatric Kawasaki disease.
We describe 2 Kawasaki disease patients with excellent long-term patency of saphenous vein grafts, who underwent coronary artery bypass at age 7 and 9 years, respectively, and demonstrated normal growth during 22 years of follow-up. The grafts showed no deterioration and played an important role in coronary blood supply.
Suda
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Daini Hospital, Japan. y-suda@pb3.so-net.ne.jp
Takeuchi
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Y
Ban
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T
Ichikawa
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S
Higashita
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R
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency