Enfermedad coronaria aneurismática severa en un adolescente con angina de esfuerzo secundaria a enfermedad de Kawasaki no diagnosticada previamente
Rienzi Díaz,Ernesto Aranguiz,Oneglio Pedemonte,Danilo Silva,Salvador Villablanca,Humberto Torres,Gustavo Ríos +6 more
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A 16 year old male with a history of angina on exertion and a treadmill exercise test was positive for ischemia in concordance with a Thallium-201scintigraphy showing a septal and infero-posterior reversible myocardial perfusion defect.Abstract:
We report a 16 year old male with a history of angina on exertion.A treadmill exercise test was positive for ischemia in concordance with a Thallium-201scintigraphy showing a septal and infero-posterior reversible myocardial perfusion defect.Coronary angiography disclosed severe aneurysmal coronary artery disease. Bilateral internalmammary coronary artery bypass grafting was successfully performed. Kawasaki disease is themost likely etiology, although not confirmed (Rev Med Chile 2007; 135: 1182-85).(read more
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Application of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty to Coronary Arterial Stenosis in Kawasaki Disease
ToshihiroIno,KatsumiAkimoto,MataichiOhkubo,KeiNishimoto,KeijiroYabuta,JunjiTakaya,HiroshiYamaguchi +6 more
TL;DR: When the previously reported cases of six similar patients were taken into consideration, the only predictor of successful PTCA seemed to be the time elapsed between the onset of Kawasaki disease and perfo...
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