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Coronary aneurysm and silent myocardial infarction in an adolescent secondary to undiagnosed childhood Kawasaki disease |
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| Authors: | Morteza Safi Maryam Taherkhani Reza Mohseni Badalabadi Vahid Eslami Mohammad Reza Movahed |
| Affiliation: | 1.Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;;2.University of Arizona School of Medicine, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System;;3.Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona |
| Abstract: | The majority of coronary artery aneurysms in young adults and children are caused by Kawasaki disease. A case of undiagnosed childhood Kawasaki disease presenting as silent myocardial infarction during adolescence, which was successfully treated with coronary artery bypass grafting, is described. The present case is followed by a review of the literature. |
| Keywords: | Aneurysm Angiogram Arteritis Cardiomyopathy Coronary aneurysm Coronary artery bypass grafting Kawasaki MI Revascularization Teenagers |