Publications by authors named "Mana Harada"
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report two cases of successful emergency pacing via the umbilical vein in neonates with congenital complete atrioventricular block. The first patient, a neonate with normal cardiac anatomy, underwent emergency temporary pacing via the umbilical vein under echocardiographic guidance. The patient underwent permanent pacemaker implantation on postnatal day 4.
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- Over 100 cases of coronary artery stenotic lesions due to Kawasaki disease have been treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), especially when stenosis is over 75% or when patients have had a history of myocardial infarction.
- CABG offers various benefits for younger patients, including better quality of life and less risk of post-operative ischemia, but the small size of their arteries can lead to complications if inexperienced surgeons perform the surgery.
- The timing for CABG in pediatric cases is crucial and varies based on individual complications, and there are positive outcomes noted in two pediatric patients who had surgery for giant coronary artery aneurysms with collateral vessel development.
Four patients with a thrombus in a coronary artery aneurysm due to Kawasaki disease (KD) were treated at our hospital between 1994 and 2009. All the cases were treated with intravenous coronary thrombolysis (IVCT) therapy and the cases with acute myocardial infarction were treated with additional intracoronary thrombolysis therapy. Although both thrombolytic therapies were effective, IVCT required more time than intracoronary thrombolysis to resolve the thrombus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Thrombolytic therapy for coronary aneurysm thrombosis of Kawasaki disease (KD) includes antiplatelet and anticoagulants, i.v. coronary thrombolysis (IVCT), and i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: It remains controversial whether Kawasaki disease (KD) is a risk factor for the early onset of atherosclerosis. The purpose of the present study was to assess endothelial function and arterial stiffness as markers of the early onset of atherosclerosis in adult patients with a history of KD.
Methods And Subjects: We compared 14 adult patients with a history of KD with 41 healthy controls.
Aims: To elucidate the histopathological characteristics of myocarditis in acute-phase Kawasaki disease (KD).
Methods And Results: The examined materials were from 29 autopsied KD patients who died within 40 disease days following onset. Each heart was divided into three levels: base, middle and apex.
Aims: To review the histopathological features of cervical LNs, and to clarify the changes in extracervical LNs, in acute Kawasaki disease (KD).
Methods And Results: The samples were obtained from 33 patients with acute-phase KD. We divided the LNs into those in the neck (n = 23) and those located elsewhere (n = 26), and investigated them histologically.