Open AccessCoronary stent deployment in a young adult with kawasaki disease and recurrent myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Ueno Takafumi,
Kai Hisashi,
Ikeda Hisao,
Ichiki Kazuya,
Hashino Tatsuya,
Imaizumi Tsutomu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960220221
Subject(s) - medicine , sequela , angioplasty , cardiology , myocardial infarction , balloon , kawasaki disease , stenosis , stent , coronary stent , lesion , restenosis , artery , radiology , surgery
A 19‐year‐old man developed a huge coronary aneurysm and stenosis in the right coronary artery as a sequela of Kawasaki disease (KD) that resulted in recurrent episodes of myocardial infarction. Coronary ischemic events were successfully prevented after balloon angioplasty followed by coronary stent implantation into the stenotic lesion. The stent deployment may have an advantage compared with balloon angioplasty and other new devices for the treatment for patients with KD showing stenotic lesions without dense calcification.