ArticleIranian journal of pediatrics2015
Noninvasive Evaluation of Myocardial Systolic Dysfunction in the Early Stage of Kawasaki Disease: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study.
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- Disease-Phase Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain Imaging in Kawasaki Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2026Pooled it
- Global Myocardial Strain in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, Kawasaki Disease, and Healthy Children: A Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Applications of speckle tracking echocardiography in paediatric and congenital heart disease: an expert consensus paper from AEPC Imaging Working Group.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2026Article
- Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction Post Kawasaki Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Left ventricular function assessment in Kawasaki disease by two-dimensional global longitudinal systolic strain with automated function imaging.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- The Assessment of Myocardial Strain by Cardiac Imaging in Healthy Infants with Acute Bronchiolitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Assessing left ventricular systolic function in children with a history of Kawasaki disease.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Article
- Increased QT Interval Dispersion is Associated with Coronary Artery Involvement in Children with Kawasaki Disease.Oman medical journal · 2020Article
- Kawasaki Disease and Peripheral Gangrene in Infancy.Iranian journal of pediatrics · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvaluation of myocardial function by speckle-tracking echocardiography is a new method for the early diagnosis of systolic dysfunction.
objectivesWe aimed to determine myocardial speckle-tracking echocardiography indices in Kawasaki Disease (KD) patients and compare them with the same indices in control subjects. PATIENTS AND
methodsThirty-two patients (65.5% males) with KD and 19 control subjects with normal echocardiography participated in this study. After their demographic characteristics and clinical findings were recorded, all the participants underwent transthoracic echocardiography. Strain (S), Strain Rate (SR), Time to Peak Strain (TPS), and Strain Rate (TPSR), longitudinal velocity and view point velocity images in the two, three, and four-chamber views were semi-automatically obtained via speckle-tracking echocardiography.
resultsAmong the patients, Twenty-four cases (75%) were younger than 4 years. Mean global S and SR was significantly reduced in the KD patients compared to controls (17.03 ± 1.28 vs. 20.22 ± 2.14% and 1.66 ± 0.16 vs. 1.97 ± 0.25 1/second, respectively), while there were no significant differences regarding mean TPS, TPSR, longitudinal velocity and view point velocity. Using repeated measure of analysis of variances, we observed that S and SR decreased from base to apical level in both groups. The change in the pattern of age adjusted mean S and SR across levels was significantly different between the groups (P < 0.001 for both parameters).
conclusionsWe showed changes in S and SR assessed in KD patients versus control subjects in the acute phase of KD. However, we suggest that further studies be undertaken to compare S and SR in the acute phase and thereafter in KD patients.
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