Thirty Years of Kawasaki Disease: A Single-Center Study at the University Hospital of Lausanne.
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serval:BIB_5539108787EF
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Thirty Years of Kawasaki Disease: A Single-Center Study at the University Hospital of Lausanne.
Journal
Frontiers in pediatrics
ISSN
2296-2360 (Print)
ISSN-L
2296-2360
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
7
Pages
11
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis with a particular involvement of the coronary arteries. Coronary artery aneurysms develop in 20% of untreated children. It has been shown that early treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins and aspirin decreases this risk to 5%, but the medium to long term prognosis of children with Kawasaki disease is still unclear. To determine the outcome of the disease and risk factors for poor evolution, we reviewed retrospectively the medical records of all patients with a diagnosis of Kawasaki disease at our Institution between 1981 and 2014. Among the 207 patients included in the study, 96 patients had coronary diameter anomalies (46.4%) at diagnosis and children with atypical ages for Kawasaki disease (<1 year or >10 year of age) were more often affected with aneurysms or dilatations. Eighty-four of them had complete regression of coronary aneurysms during the follow-up (87.5%) Absence of immunoglobulins in the acute phase was associated with less regression rate (57.1 vs. 92.2%), and boys had greater z-scores at last echocardiography, statistically significant for the left anterior descending artery. We found rare complications after the acute phase documented in our patient charts (only 3.8%). Recurrence of the disease occurred in 5 children (2.4%) and myocardial ischemia in 3 patients (1.4%), all with initial coronary aneurysm. Conclusion: Medium to long term prognosis after Kawasaki disease is excellent. Boys, patients not treated with immunoglobulins or outside the usual age range are more at risk for an unfavorable outcome.
Keywords
Kawasaki disease, cardiac sequelae, complications, coronary aneurysm, follow-up, prognosis
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Web of science
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