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Cardiac catheterisation revealed multiple severe coronary artery stenoses, and percutaneous coronary intervention was performed. This is the first reported paediatric case of AMI potentially linked to prior recurrent episodes of KFD. Chronic or subclinical inflammation around the coronary arteries may have contributed to early onset atherosclerosis. 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