The long-term prognosis and follow-up of Kawasaki disease with coronary artery lesions / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited vasculitis of children and the principal cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. The recent follow-up studies of KD revealed that cardiac sequelae had been observed for many years in a minority of patients with KD. Cardiac sequelae especially the coronary artery aneurysm is the leading cause of ischemic heart disease or even the sudden death.The long-term management of KD was developed in many countries in order to prevent the cardiac events.This paper reviews the long-term prognosis and follow-up of KD.