Performance of 2004 American Heart Association recommendations for treatment of Kawasaki disease.

Objective: The 2004 American Heart Association (AHA) statement included a clinical case definition and an algorithm for diagnosing and treating suspected incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD). We explored the performance of these recommendations in a multicenter series of US patients with KD with coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs).

Methods: We reviewed retrospectively records of patients with KD with CAAs at 4 US centers from 1981 to 2006.