Abstract：Objective To examine the role of echocardiography in diagnosing and following-up the coronary arterial lesion in Kawasaki disease.Methods 259 cases of Kawasaki disease were detected by echocardiography. 97 cases of them were followed-up.Results Among them 48 cases were found to have coronary arterial lesions(18.5%), 90% presented evidence of coronary arterial lesion in the first-three-week illness. The lesion of LCA occured more common than RCA. The followed-up result reveals an easier recovery of mild dilatation farmation. 2 cases of coronary arterial aneurysm remain persistent.The inside diameter of arterial aneurysm was an important agent of prognosis.Conclusions Echocardiography is the most useful noninvasive technique to detect coronary arterial lesion.
WANG Ai-Jun,LIN Qi-Shan. Echocardiograph detection of the coronary arterial arterial lesion in 259 children with Kawasaki disease[J]. CJCP, 1999, 1(1): 15-17.
