Progressive Coronary Dilatation Predicts Worse Outcome in Kawasaki Disease

• Published in: The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 171; pp. 78 - 82.e1
• Main Authors: Chih, Wan-Ling, Wu, Pei-Yuan, Sun, Li-Chuang, Lin, Ming-Tai, Wang, Jou-Kou, Wu, Mei-Hwan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Body Size; Child; Child, Preschool; Coronary Aneurysm - complications; Coronary Aneurysm - therapy; Coronary Circulation; Coronary Vessels - pathology; Dilatation; Echocardiography; Female; Humans; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - chemistry; Infant; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - therapy; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Ischemia - complications; Pediatrics; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; IVIG; KD; CV; AMI; Kawasaki disease; Cardiovascular; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Acute myocardial infarction

To explore the implication of serial coronary changes on the late coronary outcomes in patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) with coronary aneurysms ≧4 mm. We performed a retrospective review of 78 patients with KD with large coronary aneurysms (1980-2013, male: 76.9%; 792 patient-years). Progressive...