Echocardiography diagnosis of coronary artery lesion in Kawasaki disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2014.13.002
- VernacularTitle:川崎病冠状动脉病变的超声心动图诊断
- Author:
Li ZHANG
;
Rui CAO
;
Yan GUO
;
Minghua YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Kawasaki disease;
Coronary artery lesions;
Echocardiography
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2014;29(13):963-965
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The main complications of Kawasaki diseases(KD) is relative to cardiovascular,especially coronary artery.Coronary artery lesions can be showed as arteritis,artery dilatation,aneurysm,arterial stenosis and so on.As a noninvasive,convenient,fast and well reproducible inspection method,echocardiography can offer dynamically observa tion of the evolution process of coronary artery lesions in each stage,accurately measure the coronary artery diameter,evaluate heart function in children,find other cardiac complications and which has become a standard diagnosis technics.With upgrades and new technology,the echocardiography plays a more and more important role in the diagnosis of acute period of KD and observation of curative effect,prognosis and long-term follow-up of recovery period of KD.
