Coronary Artery Aneurysms Due to Kawasaki Disease – a Rare Cause of Acute Myocardial Infarction
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12 nov 2019
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Pubblicato online: 12 nov 2019
Pagine: 161 - 163
Ricevuto: 30 lug 2019
Accettato: 18 ago 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2019-0024
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© 2019 Ioana Cîrneală et al., published by Sciendo
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Kawasaki disease, also known as Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a pathology that causes inflammation in the walls of medium-sized arteries, with symptoms such as fever, lymphadenopathy, rash, and erythema of the eyes, lips, nose, palms, and feet. The cause is unknown, although clinical features strongly suggest an infectious etiology. We present the case of a 53-year-old woman, known with Kawasaki disease since childhood, with different associated pathologies, who presented with acute inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction.