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Detectable Silent Calcification in a Regressed Coronary Artery Aneurysm of a Young Adult with a History of Kawasaki Disease

Authors: J. Muneuchi, K. Joo, E. Morihana, A. Mizushima

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 1/2008

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Kawasaki disease is characterized as self-limited vasculites during infancy and childhood. The involvement of coronary arteries occurs in 15% to 20% of patients with Kawasaki disease during the acute phase of the illness [9]. Serial studies of coronary angiography demonstrate that the majority of small to moderate-size coronary artery aneurysms tend to regress within several years. However, large coronary arterial lesions progress to stenosis, complete obstruction, intraarterial thrombi, or calcification, which can lead to fatal myocardial ischemia [2, 3]. …

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Title: Detectable Silent Calcification in a Regressed Coronary Artery Aneurysm of a Young Adult with a History of Kawasaki Disease
Authors: J. Muneuchi
K. Joo
E. Morihana
A. Mizushima
Publication date: 01-01-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-007-9062-6

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