Kawasaki disease and coronary intervention: A word of caution

Imaging the delayed complications of childhood Kawasaki disease

“…23 Such an approach can result in neo-aneurysm formation that has the potential to result in stent malapposition. Similarly, because of variation in vessel caliber, due to interspersed aneurysm and stenotic lesions, achieving satisfactory stent apposition can be challenging, 24 and malapposed stent struts are an independent risk factor for stent thrombosis.…”