Coronary bypass surgery in kawasaki disease in a four-year-old patient: case report.
Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis syndrome of unknown etiology that mainly affects small and medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. This disease is rarely seen in infants and young people in Turkey. In this short report, we present a four-year-old patient who has Kawasaki disease associated with coronary artery aneurysm and underwent coronary bypass grafting.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Suleyman
S
Ozkan
Bulent
B
Saritas
Erdal
E
Aslim
Tankut Hakki
TH
Akay
Sait
S
Aslamaci
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*