title: Long-term follow-up with stress echocardiograms of patients with Kawasaki's disease.
abstract: Patients with a history of Kawasaki's disease (KD), particularly those not treated with intravenous gamma-globulin, are at risk of coronary artery aneurysms and later obstruction. Twenty-eight patients with a history of KD (4 had coronary artery aneurysms) were examined with stress echocardiograms. Fourteen patients received gamma-globulin < or =10 days of the onset, 8 patients received gamma-globulin >10 days and 6 received no gamma-globulin. The mean age at diagnosis was 7.2 +/- 4.1 years; the median follow-up was 8.0 +/- 7.4 years. All tests were negative. Using a binomial model, a power of 0.80, a sensitivity of each test of 80% and assuming uniform risk, the individual rate of failure to detect was <7%. At least 640 patients in each group would be needed to detect a difference of 3.5% vs. 7.0% and 184 in each group would be needed to detect a difference of 1.5% vs. 7.5%. We conclude that the probability of an abnormal stress echo in asymptomatic patients with a history of KD is at most 7% and that a more precise determination of the risk of an abnormal stress echo in KD requires a much larger study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Dunning
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hussey
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bestervelt
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goerke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors