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ArticleThe Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology2024

Left ventricular function assessment in Kawasaki disease by two-dimensional global longitudinal systolic strain with automated function imaging.

Ehsan Aghaei Moghadam, Maryam Taraz, Aliakbar Zeinaloo, Mohammad Taghi Majnoon, Keyhan Sayadpour Zanjani, Mojtaba Gorgi

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Ehsan Aghaei MoghadamCardiology Division, Pediatric Department, Children's Medical Center (Pediatric Center of Excellence), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 346, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, 14188, Iran.
Maryam TarazCardiology Division, Pediatric Department, Children's Medical Center (Pediatric Center of Excellence), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 346, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, 14188, Iran.
Aliakbar ZeinalooCardiology Division, Pediatric Department, Children's Medical Center (Pediatric Center of Excellence), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 346, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, 14188, Iran.
Mohammad Taghi MajnoonCardiology Division, Pediatric Department, Children's Medical Center (Pediatric Center of Excellence), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 346, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, 14188, Iran.
Keyhan Sayadpour ZanjaniCardiology Division, Pediatric Department, Children's Medical Center (Pediatric Center of Excellence), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 346, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, 14188, Iran. ksayadpour@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4640-4399
Mojtaba GorgiCardiology Division, Pediatric Department, Children's Medical Center (Pediatric Center of Excellence), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 346, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, 14188, Iran.

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Abstract

backgroundKawasaki disease is an acute febrile vasculitis of childhood mainly affecting children under 4 years of age. In the acute stage of the disease, heart function decreases and gradually returns to normal after treatment. However, subendocardial involvement may persist, which cannot be assessed by M-mode echocardiography. Strain echocardiography is a recently developed technique to assess subendocardial involvement of myocardial deformation. We aimed to study the stratified strain of left ventricular function in a Kawasaki patient at least 6 months after the acute stage of the disease with special conditions for entering the study using two-dimensional speckle-tracking imaging. Between September 2020 and October 2022, 27 healthy children and 27 children with a history of Kawasaki disease more than 6 months ago were evaluated using two-dimensional global longitudinal peak systolic strain with automated function imaging technology.

resultsThe mean age of patients was 5.6 years. With M-mode echocardiography, ejection fraction of each group was in the normal range. Mean (± standard deviation) global longitudinal peak strain in four-chamber view of girls with Kawasaki disease was - 23.74 ± 2.77, and that in boys with Kawasaki disease was - 20.93 ± 2.06 (P value = 0.008). GLPS (global longitudinal peak strain) was compared as an overall average and as in a separate segment, which showed significant difference in two comparisons. In our study, a decrease in the function of some cardiac segments is reported. Global longitudinal peak strain in four-chamber view was significantly lower in boys. Comparing different segments, a difference in global left ventricular long-axis strain was found between the two groups. On the other hand, there was a major difference between the two groups in the basal inferolateral, basal anterolateral, and mid-inferolateral, which receives blood from Left Circumflex artery.

conclusionUsing stain echocardiography to detect continued subendocardial involvement in asymptomatic children with a history of Kawasaki disease for a better understanding of the condition, effective management and follow-up is recommended.

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Automated function imagingCardiac involvementChildrenKawasaki disease

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