Vascular Health in Kawasaki Disease

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 62; no. 12; pp. 1114 - 1121
• Main Authors: Selamet Tierney, Elif Seda, Gal, Dana, Gauvreau, Kimberly, Baker, Annette L., Trevey, Shari, O'Neill, Stephen R., Jaff, Michael R., de Ferranti, Sarah, Fulton, David R., Colan, Steven D., Newburger, Jane W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 17.09.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; atherosclerosis; Biological and medical sciences; Blood pressure; Boston - epidemiology; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Case-Control Studies; Child; Children & youth; Confidence intervals; coronary artery aneurysm; Coronary vessels; Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Vessels - physiopathology; endothelial function; Family medical history; FDA approval; Female; Heart; Heart attacks; Hospitals; Humans; Illnesses; Kawasaki; Male; Medical sciences; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - epidemiology; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - physiopathology; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Software; Ultrasonography; vascular health; Veins & arteries; Young Adult; United States > US; atherosclerosis; endothelial function; CCA; CRP; RCCA; coronary artery aneurysm; IMT; vascular health; LCCA; KD; Kawasaki; CA; Endo-PAT; right common carotid artery; C-reactive protein; left common carotid artery; coronary artery; common carotid artery; intima-media thickness; Kawasaki disease; Endothelial Pulse Amplitude Testing; Kawasaki syndrome; Vascular disease; Immunopathology; Vasculitis; Systemic disease; Autoimmune disease; Cardiovascular disease; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Public health

The objective of our study was to compare the indices of vascular health in Kawasaki disease (KD) patients to those of control subjects. The literature on peripheral vascular health after KD is conflicting. Subjects were patients 11 to 29 years of age with the onset of KD >12 months before the st...