Cardiac Catheterization in Assessment and Treatment of Kawasaki Disease in Children and Adolescents

• Published in: Children (Basel) Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 32
• Main Authors: Agrawal, Hitesh, Qureshi, Athar M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 21.02.2019; MDPI AG
• Subjects: angioplasty; fractional flow reserve (FFR); intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); Kawasaki disease; Review; stenting; Kawasaki disease; intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); fractional flow reserve (FFR); angioplasty; stenting

Cardiac catheterization has become a promising tool to assess and treat coronary artery lesions in patients with Kawasaki disease. Significant coronary artery lesions can now be treated via transcatheter route even in small children. Further development and miniaturization of this technology will he...