Perivascular Brightness of Coronary Arteries in Kawasaki Disease

• Published in: The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 159; no. 3; pp. 454 - 457.e1
• Main Authors: Yu, Jeong Jin, Jang, Wan-Sook, Ko, Hong Ki, Han, Myung-Ki, Kim, Young-Hwue, Ko, Jae-Kon, Park, In-Sook
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Maryland Heights, MO Mosby, Inc 01.09.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; blood; Cardiology. Vascular system; Case-Control Studies; Child, Preschool; Coronary heart disease; coronary vessels; Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Echocardiography; Female; General aspects; Heart; Humans; image analysis; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Infant; Male; Medical sciences; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; patients; Pediatrics; pericardial effusion; Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; ultrasonography; RCA; Ebp; 2D; Em; Epc; LMCA; PEB; LAD; Echogenicity of blood pool; Two-dimensional; Echogenicity of perivascular tissue; Left anterior descending coronary artery; Perivascular echo brightness; Early diastolic tissue velocities of the basal lateral segment of the left ventricle; Right coronary artery; Left main coronary artery; Kawasaki syndrome; Immunopathology; Pediatrics; Autoimmune disease; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Vascular disease; Vasculitis; Blood vessel; Vision; Systemic disease; Stimulus brightness; Circulatory system

Because perivascular echo brightness (PEB) of coronary arteries has been proposed as a criterion for diagnosis of incomplete Kawasaki disease, we assessed the clinical importance of PEB during the acute phase of disease. We enrolled 58 patients with Kawasaki disease who underwent two-dimensional str...