Background Kawasaki disease (KD), while primarily an acute, self-limited, multisystem
vasculitis, is more appropriately described as a pancarditis, from a cardiac perspective.
Many patients are noted to have ventricular dilation on initial echocardiography; however,
functional and structural measurements may remain within the normal range. Objective The
authors sought to determine echocardiographic and electrocardiographic trends after acute
KD. Methods Clinical data were reviewed on all patients presenting with acute KD to the …