title: Utility of dobutamine stress echocardiography in Kawasaki disease: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has become widely accepted in the evaluation of adult patients with coronary heart disease. There are new challenges about the use of DSE in the pediatric age group to document ischemia. DSE can demonstrate ischemia noninvasively in Kawasaki disease (KD) patients who are candidates for coronary angiography. We wanted to assess the feasibility and the physiologic responses of DSE in a KD patient with coronary aneurysm. The patient had no ischemia in DSE, which was confirmed by coronary angiography showing no stenosis. The literature about DSE use in KD is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bariş
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Okçün
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozhan
authors.forename: Türker
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saltik
authors.forename: Haşim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uner
authors.forename: M Serdar
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Küçükoğlu
mesh_terms: D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*