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01-04-2019 | Images that Teach
Anti-inflammatory effect of statin in coronary aneurysms late after Kawasaki disease
Authors:
Munehisa Bekki, MD, Nobuhiro Tahara, MD, PhD, Atsuko Tahara, MD, Akihiro Honda, MD, PhD, Sachiyo Igata, PhD, Yoichi Sugiyama, MD, Tomohisa Nakamura, MD, Jiahui Sun, MD, Seiji Kurata, MD, PhD, Kiminori Fujimoto, MD, PhD, Toshi Abe, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Tanaka, MD, PhD, Kenji Suda, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, MD, PhD
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Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Issue 2/2019
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Excerpt
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis syndrome of unknown etiology.
1 Coronary artery lesions constitute the most critical complication of KD and can cause acute coronary syndrome. It is generally thought that inflammatory cell responses may regulate the coronary artery lesions. However, little evidence showed vascular inflammation in adult patients with a history of KD and coronary artery lesions. …
