title: Acute myocardial infarction and 30-year coronary aneurysm follow-up by serial angiography in a young adult with Kawasaki disease.
abstract: The number of adult patients with coronary artery disease caused by Kawasaki disease (KD) is gradually increasing, but some patients drop out of clinical follow-up. However, careful, long-term follow-up and establishment of an optimal treatment strategy are needed in these patients, as well as cooperation between pediatric and adult cardiologists. We report a case of acute myocardial infarction in a young adult patient with KD whose serial coronary angiography was followed up for over 30 years. Successful reperfusion therapy was performed with thrombus aspiration, rotational atherectomy, and implantation of a drug-eluting stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tenri Hospital, 200, Mishima-cho, Tenri, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiga
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaitani
authors.forename: Chisato
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*