title: Assessment of coronary artery abnormalities in a patient with Kawasaki disease by multislice computed tomography.
abstract: The high spatial resolution of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) permits direct visualization of the coronary artery system. In this report, we describe coronary artery abnormalities in a young adult with Kawasaki disease. MSCT detected a giant coronary artery aneurysm, coronary artery stenosis in the first diagonal artery, and a multi-layered structure in the right coronary artery and the left circumflex artery. These findings corresponded well to those obtained by coronary angiography. MSCT has the potential to be the standard diagnostic tool for the follow-up evaluation of coronary artery disease in adolescents and young adults with Kawasaki disease.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Cardiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Surugadai Hospital, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8309, Japan. yuichis@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imazeki
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kusama
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuhashi
authors.forename: Motoichiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanamaru
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayusawa
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanmatsuse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed