TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sherif Rizk Youssef 
AU  - Galal Elsaid , 
AU  - Hala Hamza , 
AU  - John Gordon , 
TI  - Differentiating coronary artery aneurysms due to atherosclerosis or Kawasaki disease / 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Sherif Rizk Youssef , 
KW  - Aneurysms
KW  - Atherosclerosis
KW  - Kawasaki Disease
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology; Issued also as CD
N2  - Background: The observed incidence of coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) varies  from 1.5%-4.9%. The two main causes for coronary aneurysms are atherosclerosis  and Kawasaki disease (KD). Differentiation between both conditions is important  because the prevention, management and prognosis is different. Antecedent KD is  frequently missed in developing countries and misdiagnosed as measles, scarlet  fever or acute rheumatic fever. Angiographic findings that make antecedent KD  the likely cause for the coronary aneurysms from atherosclerosis include proximal  location of the aneurysms with or without calcification, associated with  angiographically normal distal segments. However, differentiating CAA due to KD  versus atherosclerosis can be challenging. So can additional data obtained from  IVUS and FFR help to differentiate between both types of aneurysms?  Objectives: To test the hypothesis that clinical, demogrphic characteristics, IVUS  and FFR can differentiate between KD and atherosclerotic CAAs after being  classified according to their angiographic appearance.  Methods: To investigate and study CAAs, angiograms and IVUS of 50 patients  aged 8 to 60 years of age presenting with symptoms of myocardial ischemia at  Cairo University Hospitals and Sharp Memorial Hospital from San Diego were  blindly reviewed. Data collected included demographic characteristics, medical  history, traditional cardiovascular risk factors, electrocardiographic, angiographic,  IVUS and FFR findings
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