Giant coronary aneurysms developed in a child of Kawasaki disease with only 3 days of fever

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-341

  Lin, Ming Chih ^a,b,c   Hsu, Chun Ming ^d   Fu, Yun Ching ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Fever; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953610722     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795111000017X     Document Type: Article

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