title: Statin reduces persistent coronary arterial inflammation evaluated by serial ¹⁸fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging long after Kawasaki disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. Electronic address: suda_kenji@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironaga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaida
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Coronary aneurysm; Kawasaki disease; Positron emission tomography; Statin