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The present study was performed to evaluate the clinical symptoms and cardiovascular complications in patients with typical and atypical Kawasaki disease (KD). This retrospective study was conducted on the medical records of 176 patients with KD for three years. The study population was divided into
BACKGROUND
Inadequate diagnostic criteria in incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD) patients may lead to misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. However, the risk of coronary artery aneurysm in these patients remains uncertain.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate differences in clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic
Coronary artery aneurysms are uncommon and the prevalence in patients undergoing coronary artery angiography is 1.5-4.9%. The most common cause of coronary artery aneurysm is arteriosclerosis, followed by Kawasaki disease, periarteritis nodosa, systemic lupus erythematosus, syphilis, rheumatic
There are reports of the familial occurrence of Kawasaki disease but only a few reports described Kawasaki disease in siblings. However, the familial cases were not simultaneous. In these patients the idea of infective agents as trigger must be BACKGROUND
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare vasculitis seen predominantly in children. In developing countries, it is the leading cause of childhood-acquired heart disease. Besides a case report from 1981 there have been no data published dealing with the epidemiology and clinical aspects of KD in
We analyzed clinical data from 195 patients (141 boys) with myocardial infarction complicating Kawasaki disease, collected from 74 major hospitals in Japan. The myocardial infarction usually occurred within the first year of illness, but 27.2% of the patients had myocardial infarction more than 1