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Coron Artery Dis
January 2025
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging.
Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Pediatric Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, 201102 China.
To analyze the clinical characteristics,diagnosis and treatment of pediatric myocardial infarction (MI) patients with coronary artery lesions (CAL) after Kawasaki disease (KD). Clinical data including baseline characteristics, KD and CAL information, clinical symptoms at MI onset, electrocardiogram (ECG) and imaging findings, MI treatment, and clinical outcomes of 41 MI patients with CAL after KD admitted to the Children's Hospital of Fudan University from January 2017 to August 2024 were analyzed retrospectively. (1) Demographic characteristics: a total of 41 patients were included (36 males and 5 females).
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January 2025
Eighth Floor Hospitalization, National Institute of Cardiology: Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Juan Badiano 1, Belisario Domínguez Secc 16, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico 14080, Mexico.
Ann Pediatr Cardiol
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.
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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January 2025
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital of Divine Savior, Vienna, Austria.
The Charles procedure (CP) is a potentially devastating treatment; however, in cases of an end stage of untreated or improperly treated lymphedema, it is the ultimate surgical therapy. As a life-saving solution, it quickly relieves patients with giant, hypertrophic extremities, mostly in ambulation and hygiene maintenance. Nevertheless, long-term results may disappoint both doctors and patients, who struggle with social stigma, the need for lifelong compression, massive lymphoedema in the distal parts of the feet, badly fitting shoes, excessive skin fibrosis, severe keratinization of skin-grafted surfaces, periodic lymphorrhea from the resected areas, or acute and chronic inflammation.
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