Cardiac ischemia in pediatric patients.
Cardiac ischemia in children is usually not an isolated disease in an otherwise normally formed coronary artery but is part of more complex congenital or acquired diseases. Although cardiac ischemia is not a frequent occurrence, it must be recognized as a serious, life-threatening event. This article lists and characterizes major causes of cardiac ischemia in children, describes signs and symptoms of each, and provides therapeutic considerations.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA. mtakahashi@chla.usc.edu
Masato
M
Takahashi
D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis