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Extensive coronary and systemic arterial aneurysm development in severe refractory Kawasaki disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2016

Niall Johnston ,
David Coleman  and
Colin J. McMahon
Niall Johnston
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
David Coleman
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Colin J. McMahon*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
*
Correspondence to: Prof. C. J. McMahon, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland. Tel: 01 4096160; Fax: 01 4096181; E-mail: cmcmahon992004@yahoo.com
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Abstract

We describe the case of an 8-week-old infant with late presentation of severe refractory atypical Kawasaki disease. In addition to developing giant coronary arterial aneurysms and coronary thrombosis, she formed extensive bilateral arterial aneurysms throughout her systemic circulation.

Keywords

Kawasaki diseasevasculitisthrombosis
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , March 2017 , pp. 375 - 376
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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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