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. 1984 Jan;51(1):91–93. doi: 10.1136/hrt.51.1.91

Coronary artery aneurysms and Kawasaki's disease in an adult.

D B Oliveira, R A Foale, J Bensaid
PMCID: PMC482325  PMID: 6689926

Abstract

A 28 year old man had an acute myocardial infarction and was found to have coronary artery aneurysms. These may have been caused by a previous episode of Kawasaki's disease, an entity that should be considered in adults presenting with proximal discrete coronary artery aneurysms.

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