Detectable silent calcification in a regressed coronary artery aneurysm of a young adult with a history of Kawasaki disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 195-197

  Muneuchi, J ^a   Joo, K ^b   Morihana, E ^b   Mizushima, A ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METOPROLOL;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 38349099829     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9062-6     Document Type: Article

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