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Heart 2003;89:595-596; doi:10.1136/heart.89.6.595
Copyright © 2003 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society
Heart 2003;89:595-596
© 2003 by BMJ Publishing Group & British Cardiac Society

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Congenital coronary artery dilatation

S Chakrabarti1, E Thomas1, J G C Wright2 and J J Vettukattil1

1 Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, UK
2 Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Joseph J Vettukattil, Wessex Cardiac Unit, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 7YD, UK;
joseph.vettukattil{at}suht.swest.nhs.uk

ABSTRACT

Although dilated coronary arteries are uncommon in children, three cases are presented which, even more unusually, were not associated with Kawasaki’s disease

Keywords: congenital coronary artery dilatation

Abbreviations: PDA, persistent ductus arteriosus; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; VSD, ventricular septal defect


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