Nishimura H, Sawada T, Azuma A, Kohno Y, Katsume H, Nakagawa M, Sakata K, Hamaoka K, Onouchi Z
Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Jpn Heart J. 1992 Nov;33(6):869-73. doi: 10.1536/ihj.33.869.
A 13-year-old boy with severe coronary stenosis due to Kawasaki disease underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The guide wire and the balloon catheter easily passed through the stenosis in the left anterior descending artery. However, effective dilatation could not be achieved even when the balloon size was increased to 2.5 mm in diameter. We discontinued further inflation of the balloon because serious resistance was encountered on withdrawal of the balloon catheter. In patients with Kawasaki disease, the value of PTCA as a treatment for coronary stenosis is questionable.
