Coronary Artery Z-scores in Febrile Children with Suspected Kawasaki Disease

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-520306
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.52030

Gerling, Stephan

; Hörl, Maria ; Geis, Tobias ; Zant, Robert ; Dechant, Markus Johann ; Melter, Michael

; Michel, Holger

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Abstract

Background Progressive enlargement of the coronary artery (CA) diameters on serial echocardiography can support diagnosis of Kawasaki's disease (KD) even CA dimensions are within the normal range. Methods A single-center, retrospective study compared mean Z-scores of the proximal CA internal diameters in children hospitalized with non-KD febrile illnesses (FCs) with those of KD patients. Results ...