Giant coronary artery aneurysm in infantile Kawasaki disease: When to use cardiac computed tomography angiography

Transthoracic echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for the detection of coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) in Kawasaki disease. However, cardiac computed tomography angiography is useful in the diagnosis of distal CAAs.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kadakia, Shreeja, Do‐Nguyen, Chi Chi, Kilcoyne, Maxwell F., Stevens, Randy M., Lindholm, Erika, Nanassy, Autumn, Starc, James, Mallon, Mary G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3227
Descripción
Sumario:Transthoracic echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for the detection of coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) in Kawasaki disease. However, cardiac computed tomography angiography is useful in the diagnosis of distal CAAs.

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