title: Echocardiography in Kawasaki disease.
abstract: Two-dimensional echocardiography is the pinion of diagnostic procedures utilized to characterize the coronary arteries in Kawasaki disease. This article demonstrates the usual plans of interrogation used to systematically image the segments of the coronary arterial tree. It illustrates aneurysm formation in patients of various ages, the development of thrombosis in an aneurysm, and recanalization of the thrombosed arteries. The functional assessment and limitations of the technique are also addressed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*