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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2024

Multiresistant Kawasaki Disease in a Young Infant with Giant Aneurysms Growing Fast.

Rosa Amorim-Figueiredo, Ana Pereira Lemos, Tiago Rito, Marta Conde, Maria João Brito, Fátima Pinto

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Rosa Amorim-FigueiredoPediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Dona Estefânia Hospital, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Academic Clinical Centre of Lisbon, 1169-045 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6442-1769
Ana Pereira LemosPediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Dona Estefânia Hospital, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Academic Clinical Centre of Lisbon, 1169-045 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0167-4280
Tiago RitoDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Reference Center for Congenital Heart Diseases, Santa Marta Hospital, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Academic Clinical Centre of Lisbon, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3199-7339
Marta CondePediatric Rheumatology Unit, Dona Estefânia Hospital, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Academic Clinical Centre of Lisbon, 1169-045 Lisbon, Portugal.
Maria João BritoPediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Dona Estefânia Hospital, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Academic Clinical Centre of Lisbon, 1169-045 Lisbon, Portugal.
Fátima PintoDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Reference Center for Congenital Heart Diseases, Santa Marta Hospital, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Academic Clinical Centre of Lisbon, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundKawasaki disease (KD) is a type of vasculitis in which giant coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) can occur. There are no specific guidelines for managing giant CAAs that develop quickly and are at risk of rupture. Regarding cardiovascular drugs, only beta-blockers are formally recommended in the acute phase of KD. CASE PRESENTATION: A 6-month-old male patient with multiresistant Kawasaki disease and giant CAAs that continued to enlarge after controlling systemic inflammation was examined. The patient required three doses of intravenous immunoglobulin, methylprednisolone pulses, and anakinra and infliximab to normalize systemic inflammation. Due to the rapid increment of aneurysms' dimensions and the risk of rupture, we introduced anticoagulant therapy and propranolol plus captopril, and titration doses were introduced according to a tolerated decrease in heart rate and arterial pressure. CAAs increment stabilized and slowly reduced their dimensions.

conclusionsThe authors describe an atypical case of multiresistant KD with giant rapidly increasing CAAs even after controlling systemic inflammation. The introduction of a beta-blocker and an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor was demonstrated to be useful for stabilizing giant CAAs growth and reducing the potential risk of rupture.

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anakinracoronary aneurysmsinfliximabintravenous immunoglobulinmultiresistant Kawasaki diseasepropranolol

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PMID38786971
PMCPMC11122641

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