Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 404-406 , October 2008

Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease—The Need for Coronary Artery Bypass

  • Boon Kian Yeu, MD, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Samuel Menahem, MD, FRACP, FACC, FCSANZ

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Paediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, 246, Clayton Road, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 95946666; fax: +61 3 95761352.
    • ,
  • Jacob Goldstein, FRACS, FCSANZ

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Received 23 August 2007 ,Revised 7 December 2007 ,Accepted 13 January 2008.

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PII: S1443-9506(08)00008-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.01.003

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 404-406 , October 2008

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