Background Patients with diagnosed Kawasaki disease (KD) are known to develop
extracardiac vascular lesions and are prone to accelerated stiffening of medium‐size …

Background There is growing evidence to suggest increased arterial stiffness in patients
with a history of Kawasaki disease (KD). Pulse-wave velocity (PWV) is the most validated …

BackgroundRecent studies have revealed that atherosclerosis progresses faster than
expected in young adults with a history of Kawasaki disease. However, it is unclear as to …

Background Children with Kawasaki disease (KD) and coronary artery lesions (CALs) can
develop myocardial ischemia, fibrosis, and abnormal contractility. We aimed to assess the …

OBJECTIVE: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a diffuse necrotizing vasculitis with predominant
involvement of coronary arteries. Endothelial dysfunction has been implicated as an …

Speckle-tracking echocardiography is a recently developed technique for the evaluation of
myocardial deformation or strain. Our objective was to examine strain through a mid-term …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute medium vessel vasculitis seen in children. Coronary
artery abnormalities are the most notable long-term complications. Intravenous …

Objective: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multisystemic vasculitis of medium-and small-sized
arteries. The involvement of the coronary arteries may lead to long-term cardiovascular …

Background: Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that affects large and medium-
size arteries. The coronary arteries draw most of the clinical attention whereas few studies …

Kawasaki, disease (KD) is a childhood vasculitis of unknown cause characterized by fever,
rash, enanthem, conjunctival injection, extremity changes, cervical adenopathy, and …