State-of-the-art acute phase management of Kawasaki disease after 2017 scientific statement from the American Heart Association

• Auteurs principaux: Yi-Ching Liu (Auteur), Ming-Tai Lin (Auteur), Jou-Kou Wang (Auteur), Mei-Hwan Wu (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Kawasaki disease (KD) has become the most common form of pediatric systemic vasculitis. Although patients with KD received intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy, coronary arterial lesions (CALs) still occurred in 5%-10% of these patients during the acute stage. CALs may persist and even progress...