Utility of dobutamine stress echocardiography in Kawasaki disease: a case report and review of the literature

• Published in: Turkish journal of pediatrics Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 251 - 253
• Main Authors: Okçün, Bariş, Ozhan, Hakan, Baran, Türker, Saltik, Levent, Mutlu, Haşim, Uner, Sinan, Küçükoğlu, M Serdar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey 01.07.2002
• Subjects: Coronary Aneurysm - complications; Coronary Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Angiography; Echocardiography, Stress; Humans; Infant; Male; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Ischemia - complications; Myocardial Ischemia - diagnostic imaging

Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has become widely accepted in the evaluation of adult patients with coronary heart disease. There are new challenges about the use of DSE in the pediatric age group to document ischemia. DSE can demonstrate ischemia noninvasively in Kawasaki disease (KD) pati...