Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease, traditionally classified as medium vessel vasculitis, is known for the preferential involvement of coronary arteries. Infrequently, large systemic arteries might be involved and may affect the prognosis. Here, we present an infant with Kawasaki disease who had extensive involvement...

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Main Authors: Lamk Kadiyani, Shivaprasad P Mohankumar, Praveen Arumugam, Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Narendra Kumar Bagri, Niraj Pandey, Sanjeev Kumar
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-12-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/apc.apc_156_24
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description Kawasaki disease, traditionally classified as medium vessel vasculitis, is known for the preferential involvement of coronary arteries. Infrequently, large systemic arteries might be involved and may affect the prognosis. Here, we present an infant with Kawasaki disease who had extensive involvement of large vessels such as the abdominal aorta and medium vessels of the extremities, along with giant coronary artery aneurysms.
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spelling doaj-art-15f7a1aa33404aceb455793ca805f94f2025-01-08T09:27:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Pediatric Cardiology0974-20690974-51492024-12-0117537738010.4103/apc.apc_156_24Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki diseaseLamk KadiyaniShivaprasad P MohankumarPraveen ArumugamSaurabh Kumar GuptaNarendra Kumar BagriNiraj PandeySanjeev KumarKawasaki disease, traditionally classified as medium vessel vasculitis, is known for the preferential involvement of coronary arteries. Infrequently, large systemic arteries might be involved and may affect the prognosis. Here, we present an infant with Kawasaki disease who had extensive involvement of large vessels such as the abdominal aorta and medium vessels of the extremities, along with giant coronary artery aneurysms.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/apc.apc_156_24coronary aneurysmrefractory kawasaki diseasesystemic aneurysmvasculitis
spellingShingle Lamk Kadiyani
Shivaprasad P Mohankumar
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Saurabh Kumar Gupta
Narendra Kumar Bagri
Niraj Pandey
Sanjeev Kumar
Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki disease
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
coronary aneurysm
refractory kawasaki disease
systemic aneurysm
vasculitis
title Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki disease
title_full Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki disease
title_fullStr Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki disease
title_full_unstemmed Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki disease
title_short Systemic artery aneurysms – A marker of high-risk Kawasaki disease
title_sort systemic artery aneurysms a marker of high risk kawasaki disease
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refractory kawasaki disease
systemic aneurysm
vasculitis
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