Cardiac Arrest as the Initial Presentation of Undiagnosed Kawasaki Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review.

cardiac arrest coronary artery aneurysms late sequelae of kawasaki disease undiagnosed kawasaki disease vasculitis

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Historique:
accepted: 23 06 2023
medline: 25 7 2023
pubmed: 25 7 2023
entrez: 25 7 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a self-limited acute vasculitis that mainly affects medium-sized arteries in childhood, with the coronary arteries being one of the main targets. A well-known complication is a coronary aneurysm with myocardial ischemia. We report the case of a 29-year-old female with an insignificant past medical history who presented with sudden cardiac arrest. Labs were significant for elevated troponin, consistent with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, given diffuse ST depression on the electrocardiogram. The patient underwent a coronary angiogram that revealed diffuse coronary artery disease with multiple ulcerations, aneurysms, and occlusions consistent with KD, despite denying prior history. Cardiac arrest may be the initial presentation of undiagnosed KD and should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37489205
doi: 10.7759/cureus.40855
pmc: PMC10363372
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e40855

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023, Sliem et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Ashraf Sliem (A)

Internal Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, USA.

Alfonso Siu (A)

Internal Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, USA.

Jin Zheng (J)

Internal Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, USA.

Sergio Magana (S)

Internal Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, USA.

Zakaria Alagha (Z)

Internal Medicine, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, West Virginia, USA.

Muhammad Ghallab (M)

Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City Health and Hospitals, Queens, USA.

Manuel Lopez (M)

Cardiology, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, USA.

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