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Kawasaki's disease with known coronary-artery aneurysms resulted in occlusion of the left anterior descending artery in an 18-year-old man presenting with chest pain.
Demonstrates that patients with a history of Kawasaki's disease and coronary aneurysms can present with coronary artery occlusion later in life.
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May prompt Kawasaki disease history review in young adults with LAD occlusion; leaves open optimal surveillance protocols.
An 18-year-old man with a history of Kawasaki’s disease and known coronary-artery aneurysms presented with chest pain. Coronary angiography revealed occlusion of the left anterior descending artery.
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Matsuura et al. (2018) studied this question. Kawasaki's disease with known coronary-artery aneurysms resulted in occlusion of the left anterior descending artery in an 18-year-old man presenting with chest pain.
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