Sudden death in a 21-year-old man caused by thrombosed coronary aneurysm: Late sequelae or a very late onset of Kawasaki disease?

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 318-321

  Bartoloni, Giovanni ^b   Salvatrice, Di Mercurio ^a   Carlo, Rossitto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult age; Kawasaki disease; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TIME;

ADULT; ARTERITIS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842846466     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(02)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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