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Editor, Senior Moderator
JACC Case Rep
. 2021 Mar 24.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.012. Online ahead of print.
Regression of Coronary Aneurysms With Intravenous Immunoglobulins and Steroids for COVID-19 Adult Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
Sarah Diakite[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nadine Bousdira[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Guillaume Tachon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Felix Ackermann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matthieu Groh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Julien Rohmer[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A multisystem inflammatory syndrome mimicking Kawasaki disease has been increasingly reported, mainly in children, in the context of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). We report on the first case of coronary aneurysm resolution after treatment with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins in an adult patient with multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus-2019; CRP, C-reactive protein; CT, computed tomography; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulins; MIS COVID-19; MIS, multisystem inflammatory syndrome; MIS-A, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults; PIMS-TS, pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-COV-2; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram; coronary aneurysms; intravenous immunoglobulin.
. 2021 Mar 24.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.012. Online ahead of print.
Regression of Coronary Aneurysms With Intravenous Immunoglobulins and Steroids for COVID-19 Adult Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
Sarah Diakite[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nadine Bousdira[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Guillaume Tachon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Felix Ackermann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matthieu Groh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Julien Rohmer[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33782672
- PMCID: PMC7989672
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.012
Abstract
A multisystem inflammatory syndrome mimicking Kawasaki disease has been increasingly reported, mainly in children, in the context of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). We report on the first case of coronary aneurysm resolution after treatment with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins in an adult patient with multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus-2019; CRP, C-reactive protein; CT, computed tomography; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulins; MIS COVID-19; MIS, multisystem inflammatory syndrome; MIS-A, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults; PIMS-TS, pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-COV-2; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram; coronary aneurysms; intravenous immunoglobulin.