Various coronary artery complications of Kawasaki disease: Series of 5 cases and review of literature.

Kawasaki disease is a generalized systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology involving medium and small size blood vessels throughout the body, virtually always involving the coronaries. In many part of this world, it is more common than rheumatic fever and viral myocarditis. Here, we are reporting 5 cases with history suggestive of Kawasaki disease in the early life, presenting with different coronary artery abnormalities.

Permanent pacemaker-related upper extremity deep vein thrombosis: a series of 20 cases.

Background: Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has become a common occurrence nowadays due to emergence of multiple newer risk factors, such as implantation of permanent pacemaker (PPM) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. We are reporting 20 cases of upper extremity DVT related to PPM implantation.

Methods And Result: All the patients presented within 6 months, with unilateral upper extremity swelling (90%), pain (45%), erythema (15%), and other less frequent features.