The patient is a 5-year-old male with Kawasaki disease, whose involution of giant aneurysms of the left coronary arteries was surprising after a prolonged period of treatment, which lasted 80 uninterrupted days and comprised anti-inflammatory drugs associated with anticoagulation agents. The distal diameters of the anterior interventricular, the diagonal, and the circumflex arteries normalized by the end of the treatment. A residual giant aneurysm localized at the beginning of the anterior interventricular artery did not cause ischemia. Continuation of the medication for a prolonged period was recommended.
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Atik, E., Foronda, A., & Bustamante, L. N. P. (2003). Kawasaki disease. Involution of giant coronary aneurysms after prolonged anti-inflammatory treatment. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 81(3), 265–272. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0066-782x2003001100006
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