AUTHOR=Tirilomis Theodor , Steinmetz Michael , Grossmann Marius , Bräuer Anselm , Paul Thomas , Ruschewski Wolfgang , Schöndube Friedrich A. 

TITLE=Heart Transplantation in a Toddler with Cardiac Kawasaki Disease

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=4

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2017.00021

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2017.00021

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<p>Kawasaki disease is very rare in Western Europe. The disease may involve coronary arteries. A 2-year-old boy diagnosed with Kawasaki disease had had seizure-like symptoms. Further evaluation revealed recurrent myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Due to extraordinary extension of the coronary disease, myocardial revascularization was not feasible and the toddler underwent successful heart transplantation after 97 days on waiting list.</p>