More than 50 years have passed since Kawasaki disease (KD) was first reported. 1
According to a nationwide survey, the number of patients with KD who became adults was …

Background—Kawasaki disease is an acute self-limited vasculitis of childhood that is
characterized by fever, bilateral nonexudative conjunctivitis, erythema of the lips and oral …

Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limited vasculitis of unknown etiology that occurs
predominantly in infants and children. If not treated early with high-dose intravenous …

In 2008, the Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of patients with vasospastic angina
(coronary spastic angina) 1 were developed by the Japanese Circulation Society, and the …

Kawasaki syndrome is an acute, self-limited vasculitis that occurs in children of all ages and
presents a challenge for the clinician: the disorder can be difficult to recognise; there is no …

Although for most children the process of atherosclerosis is subclinical, dramatically
accelerated atherosclerosis occurs in some pediatric disease states, with clinical coronary …

Clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic data were retrospectively analyzed in 112
patients with acute Kawasaki disease who received high-dose (2 g/kg) intravenous gamma …

2522 JCS Joint Working Group was required, the Japanese Circulation Society Joint
Working Groups published the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited vasculitis that typically occurs in young
children and was first described by Japanese pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967 …

Tomisaku Kawasaki published the first English-language report of 50 patients with Kawasaki
disease (KD) in 1974. Since that time, KD has become the leading cause of acquired heart …