EXERCISE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN CHILDREN WITH KAWASAKI-DISEASE - VENTRICULAR LONG AXIS IS SELECTIVELY ABNORMAL

Authors
HENEIN MY DINAREVIC S OSULLIVAN CA GIBSON DG SHINEBOURNE EA
Citation
My. Henein et al., EXERCISE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN CHILDREN WITH KAWASAKI-DISEASE - VENTRICULAR LONG AXIS IS SELECTIVELY ABNORMAL, The American journal of cardiology, 81(11), 1998, pp. 1356
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
81
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)81:11<1356:EEICWK>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
In asymptomatic children with Kawasaki disease, left ventricular tradi tional markers of systolic and diastolic function are maintained. Howe ver, long-axis function, which represents the subendocardium, is abnor mal during stress, particularly in patients with versus without corona ry aneurysm.