Arterial stiffness in patients after Kawasaki disease without coronary artery involvement: Assessment by performing brachial ankle pulse wave velocity and cardio-ankle vascular index

摘要

Background: It remains unclear whether systemic arterial beds other than the coronary arteries are truly healthy in patients without coronary artery lesions (CAL) after Kawasaki disease (MD). We tested the hypothesis that patients with MD without echocardiographic evidence of CAL during the acute phase of the disease have abnormal mechanical properties in systemic arteries later.