Myocardial Blood Flow and Coronary Flow Reserve in Children with "Normal" Epicardial Coronary Arteries after the Onset of Kawasaki Disease Assessed by Positron Emission Tomography

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-112

  Hauser, M ^a   Bengel, F ^a   Kuehn, A ^a   Nekolla, S ^a   Kaemmerer, H ^a   Schwaiger, M ^a   Hess, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteries; Kawasaki disease; Myocardial blood flow; Position emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VASODILATATION;

ADENOSINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 1342329573     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-003-0472-9     Document Type: Article

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