Assessing left ventricular systolic function in children with a history of Kawasaki disease

• DOI: 10.1186/s12872-020-01409-0
• Publication Date: 2020-03-12T13:03:08Z
• Authors: Zhou Lin; Jingjing Zheng; Weiling Chen; Tingting Ding; Wei Yu; Bei Xia
• Keywords: Angiology; Ventricular Function; Vascular surgery

The incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD) is increasing. Indeed, KD has become the most common cause acquired heart in children. Previous studies have well summarized acute phase left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE); however, changes LV function after long-term follow-up remain unclear.One hundred children with a history KD, but without coronary artery aneurysms, were enrolled. These divided into two subgroups based on presence or absence dilatation (CAD). duration was > 7 years. control group consisted 51 healthy myocardial strain measured by two- and three-dimensional STE.Two-dimensional STE not only revealed that longitudinal decreased part segments both groups, also showed global CAD compared to controls (P < 0.05). Global (GLS), circumferential (GCS), radial (GRS), area (GAS) obtained 3D STE. Compared controls, GLS GAS groups GCS GRS CAD, unchanged 0.05).LV more severe than This can be assessed regional