Why the study?
Transthoracic echocardiography is commonly used to assess coronary artery dilatation in Kawasaki disease, but existing criteria often miss early abnormalities.
Does the coronary external diameter index (CEDi) accurately identify early coronary artery involvement in children with Kawasaki disease?
Population
34 patients with KD and 210 healthy children
Comparison
Patients with KD vs healthy controls
Design
Case-control study
Follow-up
8 weeks
Authors
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CEDi may enable earlier coronary assessment in KD; leaves open validation before diagnostic criteria adoption.
Does the coronary external diameter index (CEDi) accurately identify early coronary artery involvement in children with Kawasaki disease?
The coronary external diameter index (CEDi) provides a highly accurate echocardiographic tool for the early diagnosis and monitoring of coronary artery involvement in Kawasaki disease.
Azzarelli et al. (2023) studied this question.
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