title: Coronary insufficiency in children: Review of literature and report of a rare case with unknown aetiology.
abstract: Myocardial ischemia due to coronary artery disease is a rare condition in children. The reported causes of this condition include vasculitis; commonest being Kawasaki' disease, pre-mature atherosclerosis due to familial dyslipidemias, congenital coronary artery anomalies and post-operative complications of procedures requiring coronary artery re-implantation in children, e.g. arterial switch procedure and Ross procedure. Allograft arteriopathy after heart transplantation is a more recent addition to this list (Mavroudis et al., 1996). Surgical procedures required for the treatment of coronary artery disease in children include, but are not limited to coronary artery re-implantation, re-routing, augmentation of the osteum, and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We present our experience of a rare case of triple vessel coronary artery disease of unknown aetiology in a child, treated with coronary artery bypass grafting procedure.
authors: King Abdul Aziz Cardiac Centre, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Ahmed A
authors: AA
authors: Arifi
authors: Munir
authors: M
authors: Ahmad
authors: Ahmed Al
authors: AA
authors: Assal
authors: Imad
authors: I
authors: Naja
authors: Hani K
authors: HK
authors: Najm
keywords: CABG; Coronary artery disease in children
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