Open AccessIs there myocardial involvement in children with long-term follow-up for Kawasaki disease? A study based on two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography
Author(s) -
Özlem Kayabey,
Tunç Tuncer,
Murat Devecí,
Eviç Zeynep Başar,
Kadir Babaoğlu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish archives of pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2757-6256
DOI - 10.5152/turkarchpediatr.2020.20193
Subject(s) - kawasaki disease , medicine , speckle tracking echocardiography , cardiology , subclinical infection , ventricle , strain (injury) , doppler echocardiography , artery , heart failure , diastole , blood pressure , ejection fraction
This study aimed to determine the possibility of subclinical myocardial dysfunction detected by strain echocardiography in the late period of children with Kawasaki disease.