Kawasaki Disease: More Patients Are Being Diagnosed Who Do Not Meet American Heart Association Criteria

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Abstract

Physicians are increasingly likely to diagnose KD in patients who do not meet complete AHA criteria. Despite the potential risks of overdiagnosis and overtreatment, this practice seems justified because the complete criteria are an insensitive indicator of having or developing CAA.

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Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Coronary Artery Anomalies Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 104, Issue 1, pp. e10-e10

DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.1.e10

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