Exercise echocardiography in children with Kawasaki disease: ventricular long axis is selectively abnormal.
In asymptomatic children with Kawasaki disease, left ventricular traditional markers of systolic and diastolic function are maintained. However, long-axis function, which represents the subendocardium, is abnormal during stress, particularly in patients with versus without coronary aneurysm.
Henein
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England.
Dinarevic
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O'Sullivan
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Gibson
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DG
Shinebourne
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EA
D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012016:Reference Values