ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a 32-Year-Old Man With a History of Incomplete Kawasaki Disease

Tatsuro Yamazaki, MD; Sho Okada, MD, PhD, MPH; Yuichi Saito, MD, PhD; Hideki Kitahara, MD, PhD; Yoshio Kobayashi, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2023)

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a 32-Year-Old Man With a History of Incomplete Kawasaki Disease

Tatsuro Yamazaki, MD,
Sho Okada, MD, PhD, MPH,
Yuichi Saito, MD, PhD,
Hideki Kitahara, MD, PhD,
Yoshio Kobayashi, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Tatsuro Yamazaki, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
Sho Okada, MD, PhD, MPH: Address for correspondence: Dr Sho Okada, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba 260-8677, Japan.; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
Yuichi Saito, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
Hideki Kitahara, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
Yoshio Kobayashi, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15
p. 101851

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The role of the incomplete form of Kawasaki disease in future cardiovascular risk is unknown. The present case demonstrates that even a healthy young man with only a history of incomplete Kawasaki disease can develop endothelial dysfunction and suffer myocardial infarction. We did not obtain ethical/institutional review board approval for our submission because this is not a clinical study, but the patient gave written informed consent to publish the case. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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