Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of an unknown aetiology. A small
proportion of children exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Pregnancy is hazardous with pulmonary arterial hypertension, but maternal mortality may
have fallen in recent years. We sought to systematically evaluate pulmonary arterial …

Importance Few studies with sufficient statistical power have shown the association of
thezscore of the coronary arterial internal diameter with coronary events (CE) in patients with …

Importance The development of Kawasaki disease (KD) has been suggested to be
associated with droplet-or contact-transmitted infection; however, its triggers and …

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia (PA) and major aorto-pulmonary collateral
arteries (MAPCAs) are recognized as the most severe types of congenital heart diseases …

Kawasaki disease (KD; MIM# 61175) is a systemic vasculitis syndrome with unknown
etiology which predominantly affects infants and children. Recent findings of susceptibility …

Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. The innate
immune system is involved in its pathophysiology at the acute phase. We have recently …

Background Mortality rates may be high in adult Fontan patients; however, the clinical
determinants remain unclear. Purpose We conducted a prospective multicenter study of …

Aims Coronary arteritis is a life-threatening complication that may arise in the acute stage of
Kawasaki disease (KD), the leading cause of systemic vasculitis in childhood. Various …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis of unknown origin that predominates in infants. KD is
the most common cause of acquired cardiac disease in children because it causes cardiac …