Four cases of Kawasaki syndrome complicated with myocarditis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-205

  Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a   Nomura, Yuichi ^a   Masuda, Kiminori ^b   Hazeki, Daisuke ^a   Yotsumoto, Keiko ^a   Arata, Michiko ^b   Kamenosono, Akira ^c   Yanagi, Sadamitsu ^b,d   Yoshinaga, Masao ^a   Kawano, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

^c Saiseikai Sendai Hospital   (Japan)

^d Izumi City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Encephalopathy; Kawasaki syndrome; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FLURBIPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS;

CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 31644442182     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.202     Document Type: Article

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