Echocardiographic findings in a fatal case of Kawasaki's disease.
Kawasaki's disease or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is being diagnosed with increasing freqency in this country. Although death is a rare complication coronary arteritis with associated myocardial changes is common. Echocardiography is proposed as a non-invasive study that may aid in the early detection of cardiac involvement.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology