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Rupture of a giant coronary artery aneurysm due to Kawasaki disease.
- Source :
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The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2004 Aug; Vol. 78 (2), pp. 693-5. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Coronary artery aneurysm requiring surgery is rare. We report a case of a ruptured giant coronary artery aneurysm due to Kawasaki vasculitis which presented with cardiac arrest and was successfully treated by emergency coronary artery bypass grafting. The controversies surrounding the management of this disease are also discussed.
- Subjects :
- Anticoagulants therapeutic use
Aspirin therapeutic use
Cardiac Tamponade etiology
Child, Preschool
Combined Modality Therapy
Coronary Aneurysm diagnostic imaging
Coronary Aneurysm surgery
Disease Progression
Emergencies
Heart Arrest etiology
Heart Diseases etiology
Heparin therapeutic use
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous therapeutic use
Male
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome drug therapy
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome therapy
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors therapeutic use
Remission Induction
Rupture, Spontaneous
Thrombectomy
Thrombosis etiology
Ultrasonography
Coronary Aneurysm etiology
Coronary Artery Bypass
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1552-6259
- Volume :
- 78
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15276552
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.015