Rupture of a giant coronary artery aneurysm due to Kawasaki disease.
Coronary artery aneurysm requiring surgery is rare. We report a case of a ruptured giant coronary artery aneurysm due to Kawasaki vasculitis which presented with cardiac arrest and was successfully treated by emergency coronary artery bypass grafting. The controversies surrounding the management of this disease are also discussed.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Thomas M T
TM
Hwong
Ahmed A
AA
Arifi
Innes Y P
IY
Wan
K H
KH
Thung
Song
S
Wan
Rita Y T
RY
Sung
Anthony P C
AP
Yim
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