Follow-Up Duration of Echocardiography in Patients with Kawasaki Disease with No Initial Coronary Aneurysms

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the optimal duration of echocardiographic follow-up in patients with Kawasaki disease without an initial coronary aneurysm.

STUDY DESIGN: In this single-center, retrospective, observational study, we reviewed the results of follow-up echocardiography in children with Kawasaki disease enrolled in the Prospective Observational Study on Stratified Treatment with Immunoglobulin Plus Steroid Efficacy for Kawasaki Disease from a children's hospital. The main enrollment criterion was the absence of coronary aneurysms, defined as a maximum z-score (Zmax) ≥2.5, in the proximal right coronary artery and the proximal left anterior descending artery within 9 days from treatment initiation. The primary outcome was Zmax on follow-up echocardiography at up to 5 years.

RESULTS: Among 386 patients, 106 (27.5%) received prednisolone with intravenous immunoglobulin for first-line therapy, and 57 (14.8%) showed a poor response. Echocardiography at 1 month detected 9 patients with a Zmax ≥2, including 3 (0.8%) with coronary aneurysms requiring additional antithrombotic treatment and observation. Of 7 patients (1.8%) with normal echocardiographic findings at 1 month but a Zmax ≥2 later, 2 were lost to follow-up and 5 experienced spontaneous resolution, but none of the 7 patients required any change in management.

CONCLUSIONS: The optimal duration of echocardiographic follow-up may be 1 month in patients with no initial coronary aneurysms and a Zmax <2 at 1 month. Coronary artery abnormalities observed after 1 month are rare and mostly benign in this category of patients.

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CommentIn: J Pediatr. 2022 May;244:10-12. - PMID 34958829

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:244

Enthalten in:

The Journal of pediatrics - 244(2022) vom: 24. Mai, Seite 133-138.e1

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Qianzhi [VerfasserIn]
Morikawa, Yoshihiko [VerfasserIn]
Akahoshi, Shogo [VerfasserIn]
Miyata, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Sakakibara, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Matsushima, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Koyama, Yutaro [VerfasserIn]
Obonai, Toshimasa [VerfasserIn]
Kaneko, Tetsuji [VerfasserIn]
Miura, Masaru [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

American Heart Association
Coronary artery lesion
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Journal Article
Observational Study
Z-score

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Date Completed 11.05.2022

Date Revised 23.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Pediatr. 2022 May;244:10-12. - PMID 34958829

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.022

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NLM333354427