title: Potentially fatal arrhythmias in two cases of adult Kawasaki disease.
abstract: Fatal arrhythmias in asymptomatic Kawasaki disease patients with normal left ventricular function have rarely been reported. In this study, we report the cases of two adult patients with largely unpredictable sudden cardiac arrest, despite almost-normal left ventricular function even after the diagnosis of presumed Kawasaki disease, as well as consider the mechanisms involved with reference to the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health,Nihon University School of Medicine,Tokyo,Japan.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health,Nihon University School of Medicine,Tokyo,Japan.
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health,Nihon University School of Medicine,Tokyo,Japan.
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayusawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; D012086:Reoperation; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
keywords: Kawasaki disease; giant aneurysm; ventricular fibrillation