Echo-Doppler Assessment of Arterial Stiffness in Pediatric Patients with Kawasaki Disease

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 1084 - 1089
• Main Authors: AlHuzaimi, Abdullah, Al Mashham, Yahya, Potts, James E., De Souza, Astrid M., Sandor, George G.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging; Aorta, Thoracic - physiopathology; Cardiovascular; Child; Cohort Studies; Echocardiography Doppler; Echocardiography, Doppler - methods; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Humans; Kawasaki disease; Male; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - physiopathology; Pulse Wave Analysis; Pulse-wave velocity; Reference Values; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Vascular function; Vascular Stiffness - physiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; PP; TT; AOs; σps; Zc; LV; Ep; Vascular function; PWs; Zi; Kawasaki disease; SF; BPd; Pulse-wave velocity; KD; LVESD; EF; BPs; LVMi; AOflow; LVEDD; PWV; CAL; Echocardiography Doppler; MVCFc; AOd; AOcsa; PWd; Shortening fraction; Left ventricular mass index; Peak aortic flow; Systolic blood pressure; Input impedance; Diastolic blood pressure; Mean velocity of circumferential fiber shortening; Systolic posterior wall thickness; Elastic pressure-strain modulus; Ejection fraction; Stress at peak systole; Transit time; Characteristic impedance; Left ventricular; Diastolic posterior wall thickness; End-systolic aortic dimension; Pulse pressure; Coronary artery lesion; Left ventricular end-systolic dimension; Left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; Aortic annular cross-sectional area; End-diastolic aortic dimension
• ISSN: 0894-7317; 1097-6795; 1097-6795
• DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.05.015

There is growing evidence to suggest increased arterial stiffness in patients with a history of Kawasaki disease (KD). Pulse-wave velocity (PWV) is the most validated measure of arterial stiffness. The aim of this study was to determine if aortic PWV is increased in children with KD. This was a retr...