Successful non-invasive imaging of the coronary artery IMT in pediatric patients with Kawasaki disease using high-resolution echocardiography

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-594434
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.59443

Gerling, Stephan

; Dalla-Pozza, Robert ; Michel, Holger ; Jakob, André ; Melter, Michael ; Dechant, Markus Johannes

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Abstract

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a multisystemic vasculitis of medium- and small-sized arteries. Abnormal intimal thickening may develop in the involved arterial area after regression of coronary artery aneurysm (CAA). Intimal dysfunction may induce local stenosis or arteriosclerosis in the future. In this case–control study, we investigated 29 consecutive KD patients [20 male, median current age, 7.9 ...