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Echocardiographic findings in a fatal case of Kawasaki's disease
American Journal of Diseases of Children (1960)
|October 1, 1979
Insights
Kawasaki disease, a condition affecting lymph nodes and skin, is increasingly diagnosed. Echocardiography may help detect early cardiac complications like coronary arteritis.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Cardiology
- Immunology
Background:
- Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is diagnosed with increasing frequency.
- While death is rare, coronary arteritis and myocardial changes are common complications.
Abstract:
Kawasaki's disease or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is being diagnosed with increasing freqency in this country. Although death is a rare complication coronary arteritis with associated myocardial changes is common. Echocardiography is proposed as a non-invasive study that may aid in the early detection of cardiac involvement.