Background: Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of childhood that leads to coronary
artery aneurysms in≈ 25% of untreated cases. It has been reported worldwide and is the …

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 …

Townsend et al Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness 699 pressure, blood flow, and
arterial diameter change with each heartbeat. In addition to the passive mechanical …

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 …

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

Deterioration in endothelial function and arterial stiffness are early events in the
development of cardiovascular diseases. In adults, noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis …

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

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute-onset systemic vasculitis of medium-sized vessels that
mostly affects infants and toddlers. Globally, it is the most common form of childhood primary …

The primary purpose of these practical guidelines related to Kawasaki disease (KD) is to
contribute to prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment on the basis of different specialists' …

Background: Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in childhood.
However, there are only a few reports in infants younger than 6 months. The objective of this …