Coronary computed tomographic angiographic findings in patients with Kawasaki disease. 2014

B Kelly Han, and Andrew Lesser, and Kristi Rosenthal, and Kirsten Dummer, and Katharine Grant, and Marc Newell
The Children's Heart Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Advanced Cardiac Imaging, The Minneapollis Heart Institute and Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Electronic address: khan@chc-pa.org.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired coronary disease in children and may lead to subsequent myocardial ischemia and infarction. Because coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is the most sensitive noninvasive test in patients with atherosclerosis, the aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate coronary CTA performed in patients with KD for aneurysm, stenosis, and calcified and noncalcified coronary artery disease (CAD). Clinical histories and prior stress and imaging test results were reviewed. Thirty-two patients underwent coronary CTA for KD, and 385 coronary segments were evaluated. Twenty-three of 32 patients had ≥1 diseased coronary segment. There were 20 aneurysms, 7 lesions, and 75 segments (20%) with nonobstructive CAD (16% noncalcified, 2% calcified, and 2% mixed). All nonobstructive and obstructive CAD was in patients with histories of acute-phase coronary artery dilatation or aneurysm (echocardiographic z score 4 to 44), and were almost always associated with normal stress imaging test results on follow-up. No lesion or CAD was found in coronary computed tomographic angiographic studies performed in a control group referred for other indications (n = 32, 422 segments evaluated). The median coronary computed tomographic angiographic dose-length product was 59 mGy cm (interquartile range 32 to 131), the median unadjusted radiation dose was 0.8 mSv (interquartile range 0.4 to 1.8), and the median age- and size-adjusted radiation dose was 1.3 mSv (interquartile range 0.7 to 2.3). In conclusion, high-risk patients with histories of KD had nonobstructive and obstructive CAD not visualized by other noninvasive imaging tests. In properly selected high-risk patients with KD, coronary CTA may identify a subset at increased risk for future coronary pathology who may benefit from medical therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009080 Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome An acute, febrile, mucocutaneous condition accompanied by swelling of cervical lymph nodes in infants and young children. The principal symptoms are fever, congestion of the ocular conjunctivae, reddening of the lips and oral cavity, protuberance of tongue papillae, and edema or erythema of the extremities. Kawasaki Disease,Lymph Node Syndrome, Mucocutaneous,Kawasaki Syndrome
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003323 Coronary Aneurysm Abnormal balloon- or sac-like dilatation in the wall of CORONARY VESSELS. Most coronary aneurysms are due to CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS, and the rest are due to inflammatory diseases, such as KAWASAKI DISEASE. Aneurysm, Coronary,Aneurysms, Coronary,Coronary Aneurysms
D003324 Coronary Artery Disease Pathological processes of CORONARY ARTERIES that may derive from a congenital abnormality, atherosclerotic, or non-atherosclerotic cause. Arteriosclerosis, Coronary,Atherosclerosis, Coronary,Coronary Arteriosclerosis,Coronary Atherosclerosis,Left Main Coronary Artery Disease,Left Main Coronary Disease,Left Main Disease,Arterioscleroses, Coronary,Artery Disease, Coronary,Artery Diseases, Coronary,Atheroscleroses, Coronary,Coronary Arterioscleroses,Coronary Artery Diseases,Coronary Atheroscleroses,Left Main Diseases
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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