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Coronary Bypass Surgery in Kawasaki Disease in a Four‐Year‐Old Patient: Case Report
Author(s) -
Ozkan Suleyman,
Saritas Bulent,
Aslim Erdal,
Akay Tankut Hakki,
Aslamaci Sait
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00450.x
Subject(s) - kawasaki disease , medicine , etiology , bypass grafting , vasculitis , artery , coronary arteries , cardiology , aneurysm , coronary artery aneurysm , coronary artery disease , disease , acute coronary syndrome , vascular disease , systemic vasculitis , surgery , myocardial infarction
Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis syndrome of unknown etiology that mainly affects small and medium‐sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. This disease is rarely seen in infants and young people in Turkey. In this short report, we present a four‐year‐old patient who has Kawasaki disease associated with coronary artery aneurysm and underwent coronary bypass grafting.