One-year follow-up of cardiac and coronary artery disease in infants and children with Kawasaki disease. 1988

K J Chung, and D R Fulton, and R Lapp, and S Spector, and D J Sahn
Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093.

Of 75 patients meeting clinical criteria for Kawasaki disease, 67 patients were followed with serial ECG and echocardiograms (echo) for at least 1 year. Sixteen patients had coronary artery aneurysms and three had dilated coronary arteries as assessed by initial two-dimensional (2D) echo and/or angiocardiographic studies. ECG findings of first and second-degree heart block and ST-T wave changes (36%) as well as M-mode echo abnormalities (45%) including pericardial effusion, decreased ventricular septal motion, and decreased left ventricular function were all normalized by 6 months, except in two infants who continued to have decreased function and flat ventricular septal motion. In four patients with single proximal coronary aneurysm and two with dilated coronary artery, resolution of lesions occurred by 1 year. Among 11 patients with multiple coronary aneurysms discovered by initial studies, the 2D echo became normal in seven and showed aneurysms in four as corroborated by angiogram. One patient with an isolated distal coronary aneurysm, not seen by initial or serial echo, had a normal follow-up angiogram. Our study suggests that in Kawasaki disease careful, serial, 2D echo is sufficient to monitor the course of coronary artery disease that tends to regress and follow a benign course. However, the long-term effects of this disease on cardiac and coronary arteries remain to be elucidated.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
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
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup

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