Acute myocardial infarction due to a regressed giant coronary aneurysm as possible sequela of Kawasaki Disease

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 569-572

  Shiraishi, Jun ^a   Sawada, Takahisa ^a   Tatsumi, Tetsuya ^a   Azuma, Akihiro ^a   Nakagawa, Masao ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical Kawasaki disease; Balloon angioplasty; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0035409229     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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