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Insights Into Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki Disease

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
This review summarizes recent advances in understanding the development of coronary arteritis in Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease is the most common cause of acquired heart disease among children characterized with coronary artery abnormalities, which ...
Danfeng Zhang, Danfeng Zhang, Lingjuan Liu, Lingjuan Liu, Xupei Huang, Jie Tian, Jie Tian   +6 more
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Kawasaki disease: a comprehensive review

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction and purpose: Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limited vasculitis of medium arteries, and it affects children under 5 years old. It can lead to coronary artery aneurysms.
Aleksandra Osiejewska, Dominika Wojtachnio, Jakub Bartoszewicz, Anna Grądzik, Izabela Nowakowska, Małgorzata Kudan, Anna Gorajek   +6 more
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Coronary Artery Sequel of Kawasaki Disease in Adulthood, a Concern for Internists and Cardiologists

Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2013
Young adults suffered from acute cardiac event, such as acute coronary syndrome, ischemic-associated arrhythmia and sudden death, are frequently encountered without known etiology and significant risk factors. Coronary vasculitis due to Kawasaki disease
Anggoro B Hartopo, Budi Y Setianto
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Comorbidity of Kawasaki disease and group A streptococcal pleural effusion in a healthy child: a case report

International Journal of General Medicine, 2013
Ahmed H Alhammadi, Mohamed A HendausGeneral Pediatrics Section, Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarBackground: Kawasaki disease is an acute self-limiting vasculitis that affects children.
Alhammadi AH, Hendaus MA
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Decreased incidence of Kawasaki disease in South Korea during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Frontiers in Pediatrics
PurposeAnalyzing Kawasaki disease epidemiology during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in South Korea using 2012–2020 National Health Insurance Service data.MethodsThe incidence of Kawasaki disease for 2012–2020 was investigated to identify changes in incidence ...
Kyung Jin Oh, Sang-Yun Lee
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Adult Kawasaki disease [PDF]

QJM, 2012
A 44-year-old male presented with 1 h history of substernal, persistent pressure-like chest pain. The pain had no radiation and started while he was watching TV. He denied associated nausea, vomiting, palpitations or shortness of breath. He has history of hypertension controlled with irbesartan. He never smoked or drank alcohol.
A, Ataya, A H, Alraiyes, M, Auron, M C, Alraies   +3 more
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A novel score system of blood tests for differentiating Kawasaki disease from febrile children.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundKawasaki disease is the most common cause of acquired heart disease among febrile children under the age of 5 years old. It is also a clinically diagnosed disease.
Chih-Min Tsai, Chi-Hsiang Chu, Xi Liu, Ken-Pen Weng, Shih-Feng Liu, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ho-Chang Kuo   +6 more
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Usefulness of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Prediction of Coronary Artery Lesions in Patients with Kawasaki Disease

Balkan Medical Journal, 2015
Background: Kawasaki disease is an inflammatory condition. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is a marker reflecting inflammation. Aims: The aim of the study is to evaluate usefulness of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in diagnosis of Kawasaki disease and ...
Fikri Demir, Cem Karadeniz, Rahmi Özdemir, Yılmaz Yozgat, Kübra Çelegen, Utku Karaaslan, Mustafa Demirol, Timur Meşe, Nurettin Ünal   +8 more
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A Tale of a Trail on How It Takes 5 Days of Kawasaki Disease to Initiate Coronary Artery Injury and Change the Lives of Children

Turkish Archives of Pediatrics
Many articles written on Kawasaki disease explain the disease and the history of an acute inflammatory dysregulation that typically affects preschool children and does not spare older ones.
Nagib Dahdah
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Clinical Evaluation of Children with Kawasaki Disease Hospitalized in Our Clinic: A Retrospective Study

Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2018
INTRODUCTION[|]Kawasaki disease is one of the most common childhood forms of vasculitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate children with Kawasaki disease hospitalized in our pediatrics department over a 6-year period.[¤]METHODS[|]A total of 39 ...
Mehmet Gündüz, Yasemin Akın, Esra Çelik Kuzaytepe, Ayşe Karaaslan, Esra Çetinkaya Polatoğlu, Hüseyin Kıyak   +5 more
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