Coronary Artery Disease in Children
Journal Title: BMH Medical Journal - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
A simple PubMed search on coronary artery disease AND children returns nearly six thousand citations. Needless to say, majority of them are on Kawasaki disease. It is now well established that Kawasaki disease is an important cause of heart disease in children, to the extend that it is the commonest cause in the developed world. Coronary anomalies as a cause of myocardial infarction in infancy with the classical presentation of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) as a cause of greying spells on crying has been known for a long time. Coronary artery calcification in children with chronic kidney disease is another important cause. Coronary artery dilatation has been noted in children with sickle cell disease, though the significance is unknown.
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Johnson Francis
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