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Abbreviations

CMR:

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

CTA:

Computer tomography angiography

IVIG:

Intravenous immunoglobulin

KD:

Kawasaki disease

LAD:

Left anterior descending artery

LCX:

Left circumflex artery

LMCA:

Left main coronary artery

MRA:

Magnetic resonance angiography

PDA:

Posterior descending artery

RCA:

Right coronary artery

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  1. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Yamini Krishnamurthy M.D.

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Doreen DeFaria Yeh

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Ami Bhatt

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Krishnamurthy, Y. (2018). Kawasaki Disease. In: DeFaria Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. (eds) Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67420-9_32

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