Statin reduces persistent coronary arterial inflammation evaluated by serial ¹⁸fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging long after Kawasaki disease

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 20:179:61-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.057. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. Electronic address: suda_kenji@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.

PMID: 25464413
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.057

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronary aneurysm; Kawasaki disease; Positron emission tomography; Statin.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / drug therapy*
Coronary Artery Disease / etiology
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Inflammation / diagnostic imaging
Inflammation / drug therapy
Male
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Risk Factors

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18