A fatal case of ruptured giant coronary artery aneurysm

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-133

  Imai, Yuki ^a   Sunagawa, Keishin ^b   Ayusawa, Mamoru ^a   Miyashita, Michio ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Suzuki, Jun'ichi ^a   Karasawa, Kensuke ^a   Sumitomo, Naokata ^a   Okada, Tomoo ^a   Mitsumata, Masako ^b   Harada, Kensuke ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery aneurysm; Gamma globulin therapy; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NIFEDIPINE; PROPRANOLOL; ULINASTATIN; WARFARIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VASCULITIS;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 29744454912     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-0016-9     Document Type: Review

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