ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2020
Assessing left ventricular systolic function in children with a history of Kawasaki disease.
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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
- Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction Post Kawasaki Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Association between left ventricular subclinical dysfunction and myocardial abnormalities in Kawasaki disease patients without coronary artery dilation.Pediatric radiology · 2025Article
- Inflammatory reaction in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease may better predict chronic cardiac dysfunction than coronary artery lesions.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Assessment of Global and Regional Left Ventricular Strain in Patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).Pediatric cardiology · 2022Article
- Assessment of left ventricular systolic function using two- and three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography among healthy preschool-age pediatric children.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2022Article
- Comprehensive evaluation of left ventricular deformation using speckle tracking echocardiography in normal children: comparison of three-dimensional and two-dimensional approaches.Cardiovascular ultrasound · 2022Article
- Evaluation of left ventricular myocardial stratified strain in patients with Kawasaki disease using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Evaluation of comprehensive myocardial contractility in children with Kawasaki disease by cardiac magnetic resonance in a large single center.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking of the right ventricle in convalescent Kawasaki disease in a large single center.Clinical cardiology · 2021Article
- Is there myocardial involvement in children with long-term follow-up for Kawasaki disease? A study based on two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Application Effect and Evaluation of Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Imaging on Myocardial Damage in Patients with Malignant Lymphoma Treated with Anthracyclines.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Kawasaki Disease and Allergic Diseases.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD) is increasing. Indeed, KD has become the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children. Previous studies have well summarized the acute phase left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE); however, changes in LV systolic function after long-term follow-up remain unclear.
methodsOne hundred children with a history of KD, but without coronary artery aneurysms, were enrolled. These children were divided into two subgroups based on the presence or absence of coronary artery dilatation (CAD). The duration of follow-up was > 7 years. The control group consisted of 51 healthy children. The LV myocardial strain were measured by two- and three-dimensional STE.
resultsTwo-dimensional STE not only revealed that LV longitudinal strain decreased in part of segments in both KD groups, but also showed that global strain decreased in the KD group with CAD compared to the controls (P < 0.05). Global longitudinal strain (GLS), global circumferential strain (GCS), global radial strain (GRS), and global area strain (GAS) were obtained by 3D STE. Compared to the controls, GLS and GAS decreased in both KD groups (P < 0.05). GCS and GRS decreased in the KD group with CAD, but was unchanged in the KD group without CAD (P < 0.05).
conclusionsLV systolic dysfunction in children with KD and CAD was more severe than KD children without CAD compared to healthy children. This dysfunction can be assessed by LV regional and global myocardial strain using two- and three-dimensional STE.
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