Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine (May 2014)

Acute myocardial infarction in a 35–year–old man with coronary artery aneurysm most probably caused by Kawasaki disease

  • Saeed Alipour Parsa,
  • Isa Khaheshi,
  • Koosha Paydary,
  • Habib Haybar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C988
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. S1
pp. S50 – S52

Abstract

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We present a 35-year-old man with history of Kawasaki disease who referred with myocardial infarction, and angiography, revealing aneurysm of left main and left anterior descending coronary arteries. The patient underwent percutaneous coronary intervention and thrombectomy and was discharged after 6 d. Coronary artery sequels of Kawasaki disease should be considered as one of the underlying causes of acute myocardial infarction in young adults.

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