title: An apparent case of undiagnosed donor Kawasaki disease manifesting as coronary artery aneurysm in a pediatric heart transplant recipient.
abstract: We present a case of coronary ectasia and LAD coronary artery aneurysm with angiographic characteristics of Kawasaki disease in a three-yr-old girl two-yr status post-orthotopic heart transplant. Coronary anomalies were noted during initial screening coronary angiography two yr after transplant. Subsequent review of the donor echocardiogram revealed that the LMCA had been mildly dilated prior to transplant. In the absence of any symptoms consistent with Kawasaki disease in the transplant recipient, this appears to be a case of Kawasaki disease in the organ donor manifesting with coronary anomalies in the transplant recipient. The patient has done well clinically, and repeat coronary angiography has revealed partial regression of coronary anomalies. Given multiple reports in the literature of persistent abnormalities of coronary artery morphology and function after Kawasaki disease, close monitoring is warranted, with consideration of potential coronary protective medical therapies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Health Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-4204, USA. jmfriedl@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedland-Little
authors.forename: Ranjit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aiyagari
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gajarski
authors.forename: Kurt R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014019:Tissue Donors