Bypass surgery has long-term benefits for children with Kawasaki disease

Coronary artery bypass surgery provides long-term benefits for children whose hearts and blood vessels are damaged by Kawasaki disease, Japanese researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers followed 114 people for up to 25 years who had bypass surgery as children or adolescents (ages 1 to 19) to treat Kawasaki disease - AHA

Doctors perform bypass surgery on 20-month-old boy (India)

"Stawan Bijal Shah is now likely to live a normal life after undergoing coronary artery bypass for a rare heart disease in a Delhi hospital, with the 20-month-old possibly becoming the youngest patient in the world to undergo this surgery, doctors said. Shah underwent a coronary artery bypass surgery on Monday after he was found to be suffering from the Kawasaki disease, which damaged his heart. He is now recuperating in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Batra Hospital here where doctors believe that Stawan is the youngest child in the world to undergo such surgery. "Kawasaki is an extremely rare disease among children. It causes thickening and dilation of arteries resulting in severe blockage," said SC Bhan, director cardiac unit, Batra Hospital" - Times of India

UCSD: Study reveals new clues about Kawasaki disease

"A study looking at the entire human genome has identified new genes that appear to be involved in making some children more susceptible to Kawasaki disease (KD), a serious illness that often leads to coronary artery disease, according to a new international study published in PLoS Genetics. This is the first genetic study of an infectious disease to look at the whole of the genome, rather than just selected genes. John Travolta's son, Jett, supposedly had this disease. Jett recently passed away in the Bahamas after a fall. The cause of death has not been released." La Jolla Light

Backstreet Boy's son diagnosed with Kawasaki Syndrome

Recording artist Brian Littrell, son Baylee Littrell and wife Leighanne Littrell. Baylee was recently diagnosed with A-Typical Kawasaki Syndrome, a disease that causes swollen blood vessels and can result in aneurisms and cardiac arrest