Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction in a pediatric patient with coronary aneurysm and stenosis due to Kawasaki disease

Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Jun;33(5):811-3. doi: 10.1007/s00246-012-0190-2. Epub 2012 Feb 5.

Abstract

We report the case of an acutely ill 3-year-old female, with a previous medical history of Kawasaki disease, who presented to care with an acute myocardial infarction. We describe the coordinated therapies employed by pediatric and adult cardiologists aimed to establish coronary revascularization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon*
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Stenosis / etiology*
  • Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
  • Drug-Eluting Stents*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Everolimus
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Infant
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / therapy*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Sirolimus / administration & dosage
  • Sirolimus / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Biomarkers
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Everolimus
  • Sirolimus