title: First recanalization of a coronary artery chronic total obstruction in an 11-year-old child with Kawasaki disease sequelae using the CROSSER catheter.
abstract: This is a case of an 11(1/2)-year-old diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 6 months of age. Distal left main coronary aneurysm involving the proximal anterior descending and circumflex had progressed into a chronic total occlusion. We report the first application of a novel percutaneous technique using the CROSSER catheter system in a child. The CROSSER is a high-frequency mechanical vibration catheter-based technology developed to safely penetrate through calcific and noncalcific coronary artery occlusions. This is also the first Kawasaki disease patient to benefit from this technology; in this disease, coronary artery stenosis is typically associated with heavy calcification.
authors: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ndahdah@pol.net
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Dahdah
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ibrahim
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Cannon
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
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