Abstract:Over a 50-year period from the first description of Kawasaki disease, we encountered three male patients with a history of Kawasaki disease, who had their first cardiac events in their forties. They were considered to have almost normal coronary arteries in the coronary angiograms when they were children and adolescents. They had no follow-up examinations after 20 years old. The 1st patient had an acute myocardial infarction, and the 2nd was a new appearance of coronary aneurysm and stenotic lesions with coron… Show more
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