title: Coronary aneurysm and silent myocardial infarction in an adolescent secondary to undiagnosed childhood Kawasaki disease.
abstract: The majority of coronary artery aneurysms in young adults and children are caused by Kawasaki disease. A case of undiagnosed childhood Kawasaki disease presenting as silent myocardial infarction during adolescence, which was successfully treated with coronary artery bypass grafting, is described. The present case is followed by a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Safi
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taherkhani
authors.forename: Reza Mohseni
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Badalabadi
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eslami
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Movahed