Kawasaki disease in the adult: A case report and review of the literature

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-164

  Rozo, Juan Carlos ^a   Jefferies, John L ^a,b,c   Eidem, Benjamin W ^b,c   Cook, Patrick J ^a,c  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery aneurysm; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Kawasaki disease; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RASH; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 2942532139     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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