Heart Transplantation in a Toddler with Cardiac Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki disease is very rare in Western Europe. The disease may involve coronary arteries. A 2-year-old boy diagnosed with Kawasaki disease had had seizure-like symptoms. Further evaluation revealed recurrent myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Due to extraordinary extension of the coron...

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Autores principales: Tirilomis, Theodor, Steinmetz, Michael, Grossmann, Marius, Bräuer, Anselm, Paul, Thomas, Ruschewski, Wolfgang, Schöndube, Friedrich A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
Materias:
Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5397497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28473974
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2017.00021
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Sumario:Kawasaki disease is very rare in Western Europe. The disease may involve coronary arteries. A 2-year-old boy diagnosed with Kawasaki disease had had seizure-like symptoms. Further evaluation revealed recurrent myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Due to extraordinary extension of the coronary disease, myocardial revascularization was not feasible and the toddler underwent successful heart transplantation after 97 days on waiting list.

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