Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Edema by MR T2 Mapping in Children With Kawasaki Disease.

Background: Few studies assessed myocardial inflammation using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Kawasaki disease (KD) patients.

Purpose: To quantify myocardial edema in KD patients using T2 mapping and explore the independent predictors of T2 values.

Study Type: Prospective.

Association of left ventricular systolic dysfunction with coronary artery dilation in Kawasaki disease patients: Assessment with cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Purpose: To quantify global and regional left ventricular (LV) strain parameters in patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) tissue tracking and assess the association of coronary artery dilation (CA dilation) with LV systolic dysfunction.

Methods: Thirty-one KD patients with CA dilation, 22 patients without CA dilation and 27 age- and sex-matched normal controls underwent 3.0 T CMR examination.