Kawasaki disease: abnormal initial echocardiogram is associated with resistance to IV Ig and development of coronary artery lesions

Kawasaki disease: abnormal initial echocardiogram is associated with resistance to IV Ig and development of coronary artery lesions

Abstract Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis that affects small and medium blood vessels. Intensified treatments for the most severely affected patients have been proposed recently, and the early identification of KD patients at high risk for coronary artery aneu...

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Main Authors: Dima Chbeir, Jean Gaschignard, Ronan Bonnefoy, Constance Beyler, Isabelle Melki, Albert Faye, Ulrich Meinzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal
Subjects:
Kawasaki disease
Vasculitis
Pediatric Rheumatology
coronary artery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12969-018-0264-7

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