Heart Transplantation in a Toddler with Cardiac Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki disease is very rare in Western Europe. The disease may involve coronary arteries. A 2-year-old boy diagnosed with Kawasaki disease had had seizure-like symptoms. Further evaluation revealed recurrent myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Due to extraordinary extension of the coron...

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Main Authors: Theodor Tirilomis, Michael Steinmetz, Marius Grossmann, Anselm Bräuer, Thomas Paul, Wolfgang Ruschewski, Friedrich A. Schöndube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsurg.2017.00021/full