title: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for coronary artery stenosis in a young patient with long term Kawasaki Disease.
abstract: Kawasaki Disease (KD) is an acute, febrile, multisystem disease of children. More severe complications in 15-25% of cases include, the development of coronary aneurysms, ischemic heart disease, and sudden cardiac death. The standard treatment for significant coronary artery stenosis has generally been aortocoronary bypass surgery, although percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has been described in a small number of patients. This report describes a 14 year old boy with a history of KD who developed multiple coronary aneurysms and stenosis. We performed PTCA, which was successful in relieving the stenosis of the left circumflex artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seok In
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Pum Joon
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki Bae
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Seung
authors.forename: Jung Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Ju Yeal
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Beak
authors.forename: Chang Dong
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: Kyu Bo
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019160:Endosonography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis