Elevation of the index of left ventricular mass during the acute and subacute phase of Kawasaki disease, and its association with indexes of diastolic function

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-69

  Yu, Jeong J ^a   Kwak, Byung O ^a   Jeon, You H ^b   Park, Yong Mean ^a   Lee, Ran ^a   Chung, Sochung ^a   Bae, Sun H ^a   Pyun, Bok Y ^b  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; Myocarditis; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EDEMA; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65749114481     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108003405     Document Type: Article

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