Coronary bypass in an adult with Kawasaki disease.

Heart Surg Forum

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Military Hospital of Tunis, Montfleury.

Published: April 2004

We present the case of a 30-year-old female patient with few coronary risk factors for atherosclerosis but with 3-vessel coronary artery disease possibly secondary to Kawasaki disease. Coronary angiography showed total occlusion of the left anterior descending artery and a right coronary artery aneurysm. Quadruple coronary artery bypass was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful.

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