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The evolution and characteristics of coronary aneurysms from K-lD appear to be different from classical Kawasaki disease (KD) aneurysms. Differences include a lower percentage of aneurysm formation than in non-COVID-19 KD, a smaller number of giant forms, a tendency towards aneurysm regression, and fewer thrombotic events associated with AMI. We present here a review of the literature on the thrombotic risks of post-COVID-19 coronary aneurysms, starting from a unique clinical case of a 2-year-old boy who developed multiple coronary aneurysms, followed by AMI. In dehydration conditions, 6 months after COVID-19, the boy developed anterior descending artery occlusion and a slow favorable outcome of the AMI after thrombolysis. This review establishes severity criteria and risk factors that predispose to thrombosis and AMI in post-COVID-19 patients. These may include dehydration, thrombophilia, congenital malformations, chronic inflammatory conditions, chronic kidney impairment, acute cardiac failure, and others. All these possible complications should be monitored during acute illness. Ischemic heart disease prevalence in children may increase in the post-COVID-19 era, due to an association between coronary aneurysm formation, thrombophilia, and other risk factors whose presence will make a difference in long-term prognosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics12040884","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,1]],"date-time":"2022-04-01T21:22:39Z","timestamp":1648848159000},"page":"884","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Myocardial Infarction in Children after COVID-19 and Risk Factors for Thrombosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3239-0704","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eliza","family":"Cintez\u0103","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cCarol Davila\u201d Pediatrics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cristiana","family":"Voicu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3824-1489","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristina","family":"Filip","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mihnea","family":"Ioni\u021b\u0103","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Monica","family":"Popescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3188-0330","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mihaela","family":"B\u0103lgr\u0103dean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cCarol Davila\u201d Pediatrics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alin","family":"Nicolescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiyam","family":"Mahmoud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cMarie Curie\u201d Emergency Children\u2019s Hospital, 041451 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (WHO) (2022, February 14). 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