Heart Transplantation in a Toddler with Cardiac Kawasaki Disease

[摘要] 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 coronary disease, myocardial revascularization was not feasible and the toddler underwent successful heart transplantation after 97 days on waiting list.

[学科分类] 外科医学

[关键词] Kawasaki disease;coronary artery;coronary aneurysm;myocardial infarction;ischemia;heart transplantation