Exercise Echocardiography in Children With Kawasaki Disease: Ventricular Long Axis Is Selectively Abnormal

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 81; no. 11; pp. 1356 - 1359
• Main Authors: Henein, Michael Y, Dinarevic, Sinka, O’Sullivan, Christine A, Gibson, Derek G, Shinebourne, Elliot A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-06-1998; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Volume - physiology; Cardiovascular disease; Child; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Coronary Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary vessels; Diastole - physiology; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Exercise Test; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Reference Values; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Ultrasonic imaging; Sonography; Human; Physical exercise; Kawasaki syndrome; Immunopathology; Echocardiography; Cardiovascular disease; Autoimmune disease; Exploration; Heart ventricle; Stress; Vascular disease; Vasculitis; Surveillance; Systemic disease; Exercise tolerance test; Sign; Child; Axis
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00168-4

In asymptomatic children with Kawasaki disease, left ventricular traditional markers of systolic and diastolic function are maintained. However, long-axis function, which represents the subendocardium, is abnormal during stress, particularly in patients with versus without coronary aneurysm.