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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar 18;7(6):378-381.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.03.010. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Ventricular tachycardia as the initial presentation of missed Kawasaki disease in a teenager

Maria Elena Gutierrez  1 , Abhay K Kulkarni  2 , Taylor S Howard  1 , Wilson W Lam  1 , S Kristen Sexson-Tejtel  1 , Christina Y Miyake  1   3
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Ventricular tachycardia as the initial presentation of missed Kawasaki disease in a teenager

Maria Elena Gutierrez et al. HeartRhythm Case Rep. .
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Keywords: Children; Complications; Coronary aneurysm; Ischemia; Kawasaki disease; Missed diagnosis; Sequela; Untreated; VT; Ventricular tachycardia.

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Figure 1
Electrocardiogram on arrival to the emergency department demonstrating ventricular tachycardia with a right bundle branch block pattern, left axis deviation, and superior axis. The QRS duration is 146 ms.
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Figure 2
Baseline electrocardiogram.
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Figure 3
Imaging of coronary aneurysms. A: Right coronary artery with multiple fusiform aneurysms. B: Left coronary artery with large peripherally calcified (echo bright) aneurysm. C: Computed tomography (CT) angiogram of the coronary artery showing the left coronary artery with a large aneurysm with peripheral calcifications. D: Three-dimensional CT reconstruction of the coronary arteries showing the smaller right-sided aneurysms and the larger, calcified, left coronary artery aneurysm.
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