Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Pediatric Patient With Coronary Aneurysm and Stenosis Due to Kawasaki Disease

We report the case of an acutely ill 3-year-old female, with a previous medical history of Kawasaki disease, who presented to care with an acute myocardial infarction. We describe the coordinated therapies employed by pediatric and adult cardiologists aimed to establish coronary revascularization.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric cardiology 2012-06, Vol.33 (5), p.811-813
Hauptverfasser:	Drossner, David M., Chappell, Clay, Rab, Tanveer, Kim, Dennis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aneurysms Angioplasty, Balloon Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Biomarkers - blood Cardiac Catheterization Cardiac patients Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Case Report Children Clopidogrel Coronary Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging Coronary Aneurysm - etiology Coronary Aneurysm - therapy Coronary Angiography Coronary artery bypass Coronary Stenosis - diagnostic imaging Coronary Stenosis - etiology Coronary Stenosis - therapy Drug-Eluting Stents Electrocardiography Everolimus Female Health aspects Heart attack Humans Immunosuppressive Agents - administration & dosage Infant Kawasaki disease Medical colleges Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnostic imaging Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - therapy Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging Myocardial Infarction - etiology Myocardial Infarction - therapy Pediatric cardiology Sirolimus - administration & dosage Sirolimus - analogs & derivatives Transluminal angioplasty Vascular Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the case of an acutely ill 3-year-old female, with a previous medical history of Kawasaki disease, who presented to care with an acute myocardial infarction. We describe the coordinated therapies employed by pediatric and adult cardiologists aimed to establish coronary revascularization.
ISSN:	0172-0643 1432-1971
DOI:	10.1007/s00246-012-0190-2