Kawasaki disease is an immune mediated vasculitis of the medium and large arteries. Its cardiac manifestations include coronary artery ectasia and aneurysms, pericarditis, myocarditis, …

Echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for detection of coronary artery abnormalities and assessment of myocardial function. It is also useful for characterization and risk …

This pathway is meant to guide the evaluation for patients presenting with symptoms consistent with Kawasaki Disease (KD) or Incomplete Kawasaki Disease and to guide treatment for those …

Mar 15, 2015 · Transthoracic echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice to detect coronary aneurysms and other cardiac artery abnormalities in Kawasaki disease, and it should …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited vasculitis affecting young children. It can result in coronary artery abnormalities in a significant proportion of patients, especially if the diagnosis …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis predominantly affecting the small arteries of young children. Up to 25% of untreated patients suffer from coronary artery (CA) complications. Early …

Nov 7, 2024 · Echocardiography. Transthoracic echocardiography is especially useful in the approach to patients who fall short of full clinical criteria (incomplete Kawasaki disease), as the …

Jun 9, 2017 · Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis with a predilection for damage to the coronary arteries. In the acute phase, clinical decision making for KD relies on the …

Jul 18, 2018 · Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis that affects small and medium blood vessels. Intensified treatments for the most severely affected patients have …

Kawasaki disease is the second most common systemic vasculitis in childhood and is the commonest cause of acquired heart disease in the UK through a predilection for the coronary …