Cardiovascular and the other complication followed with Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease (KD) was considered to be good prognosis in self-limited at first. But, sudden death followed KD has been reported. It became clear that KD produce the peculiar state of myocardial infarction in infants and young children. Now, KD took the place of the rheumatic fever and got the mo...

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Published inNihon rinshō Vol. 66; no. 2; p. 289
Main Authors Soga, Takashi, Uemura, Shigeru
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.02.2008
Subjects
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
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Summary:Kawasaki disease (KD) was considered to be good prognosis in self-limited at first. But, sudden death followed KD has been reported. It became clear that KD produce the peculiar state of myocardial infarction in infants and young children. Now, KD took the place of the rheumatic fever and got the most important disease of acquired heart disease in childhood. Cardiovascular disorder is mainly included with the coronary arterial aneurysm. And aneurysm in an subaxial and iliac artery were complicated. Every organ flame in a whole body was produced with systematic vasculitis mainly on a medium size or small size artery of a whole body. We summarize about complications of a cardiovascular system and the other organs followed KD.
ISSN:0047-1852