Late Coronary Aneurysm Formation after Kawasaki Disease: a Review of Mechanistic and Clinical Aspects

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Yalta K., YALTA T. D., Yetkin E., ÖZTÜRK C.

KOREAN CIRCULATION JOURNAL, cilt.51, sa.10, ss.837-850, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4070/kcj.2021.0098
  • Dergi Adı: KOREAN CIRCULATION JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.837-850
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aneurysm, Coronary artery, Kawasaki disease
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In patients with Kawasaki disease (KD), evolution of coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) generally emerges within the first few weeks after disease onset. However, CAA formation in these patients might occasionally arise as a late-onset phenomenon after a long latent period. Characteristically, late CAAs manifest as new-onset vascular pathologies or expansion of long-stable CAAs on coronary imaging modalities, and might have diverse mechanistic and clinical implications. Accordingly, the present paper aims to focus on late CAA formation and its implications in the setting of KD.