title: Strategy for localized stenosis caused by Kawasaki disease: midterm results of percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty in two infants.
abstract: We report the midterm results of percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty (PCBA) for localized stenosis (LS) caused by Kawasaki disease (KD). Two 2-year-olds, a girl and a boy, underwent PCBA for severe LS of the left anterior descending artery caused by KD. After 4 years, there was no ischemia and no significant restenosis in the target vessels. PCBA provided a good result for early appearing LS caused by KD in two small infants. The 5-years-old boy was the youngest patient to undergo percutaneous transluminal coronary rotablator. Although the postprocedure result was very effective, 1 year later asymptomatic occlusion occurred.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan. etsuda@hsp.ncvc.go.jp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takamuro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuse
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Echigo
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional