Acute coronary artery dilation due to Kawasaki disease and subsequent late calcification as detected by electron beam computed tomography

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 568-573

  Kaichi, S ^a   Tsuda, E ^a   Fujita, H ^a   Kurosaki, K ^a   Tanaka, R ^a   Naito, H ^a   Echigo, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Coronary artery calcification; Electron beam computed tomography; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROBABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43549085977     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9144-5     Document Type: Article

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