Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis syndrome of unknown etiology. It occurs in infants and young children, affecting mainly small and medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. Generalized microvasculitis occurs in the first 10 days, and the inflammation persists in the wall...
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| author | Mohammad Yoosef Aarabi Moghadam Hojat Mortazaeian Mehdi Ghaderian Hamid Reza Ghaemi |
| author_facet | Mohammad Yoosef Aarabi Moghadam Hojat Mortazaeian Mehdi Ghaderian Hamid Reza Ghaemi |
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| description | Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis syndrome of unknown etiology. It occurs in infants and young children, affecting mainly small and medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. Generalized microvasculitis occurs in the first 10 days, and the inflammation persists in the walls of medium and small arteries, especially the coronary arteries, and changes to coronary artery aneurysms.
We report the case of a 10-month-old girl referred to our center three months after the onset of disease due to the aneurysms of the coronary arteries. During the acute phase of her illness, she received 2 gr/kg intravenous gamma globulin; and after her referral to us, the patient was treated by antiaggregant doses of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (5 mg/kg) and Warfarin (1 mg/daily). At three months’ follow-up, the aneurysms still persisted in the echocardiogram. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5980193fab2348689e1421ffb1c9ee5b2022-12-22T00:27:53ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Tehran University Heart Center1735-86202008-23712011-06-0162205Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki DiseaseMohammad Yoosef Aarabi Moghadam0Hojat Mortazaeian1Mehdi Ghaderian2Hamid Reza Ghaemi3Shaheed Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TShaheed Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TShaheed Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TShaheed Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TKawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis syndrome of unknown etiology. It occurs in infants and young children, affecting mainly small and medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. Generalized microvasculitis occurs in the first 10 days, and the inflammation persists in the walls of medium and small arteries, especially the coronary arteries, and changes to coronary artery aneurysms. We report the case of a 10-month-old girl referred to our center three months after the onset of disease due to the aneurysms of the coronary arteries. During the acute phase of her illness, she received 2 gr/kg intravenous gamma globulin; and after her referral to us, the patient was treated by antiaggregant doses of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (5 mg/kg) and Warfarin (1 mg/daily). At three months’ follow-up, the aneurysms still persisted in the echocardiogram.https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/207Mucocutaneous lymph node syndromeCoronary aneurysmChild |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Yoosef Aarabi Moghadam Hojat Mortazaeian Mehdi Ghaderian Hamid Reza Ghaemi Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki Disease Journal of Tehran University Heart Center Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome Coronary aneurysm Child |
| title | Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki Disease |
| title_full | Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki Disease |
| title_fullStr | Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki Disease |
| title_short | Segmented Coronary Artery Aneurysms and Kawasaki Disease |
| title_sort | segmented coronary artery aneurysms and kawasaki disease |
| topic | Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome Coronary aneurysm Child |
| url | https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/207 |
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