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FIG.53.5 Echocardiographicevaluationofcoronaryarteries.(A)Shortaxisviewdemonstratinggiantaneurysmoftheleftmaincoronaryartery
andleftanteriordescendingcoronaryartery(arrows).(B)Short-axisview
demonstratinggiantaneurysmoftheproximalrightcoronaryartery(arrow).
(C)Apicalviewdemonstratinganeurysmofthedistalrightcoronaryartery
(arrow).
Echocardiographyshouldbeperformedassoonasthediagnosisissuspected
butwithoutdelayingtreatmenttoprovideabaselineexaminationofcoronary
dimensions,leftventricularfunction,valvarregurgitation,andpericardial
effusion.Theinitialechocardiograminthefirstweekofillnesscanbenormal
anddoesnotruleoutthediagnosis.Inchildrenyoungerthan3yearsorin
uncooperativechildren,asedatedstudymaybenecessarytoobtainagood
assessmentofthecoronaryarteries.Inchildrenwhosefeverresolvesafterinitial
treatmentwithintravenousimmuneglobulinandwhoremainafebrile,
echocardiographyshouldberepeatedwithin1to2weeksandagainat4to6
weeksaftertreatment.2Childrenathigherrisk—thatis,thosewithrecrudescent
fever,baselinecoronaryarteryabnormalities,diminishedleftventricular
function,orpericardialeffusion—shouldundergomorefrequent
echocardiographicevaluationtoguidetheneedforadditionaltherapies.Failure
toescalatethromboprophylaxisattimeofrapidaneurysmalexpansionisa
primarycauseofmorbidityandmortality.2
Two-dimensionalechocardiographicimagingshouldbeperformedwitha
transducerofthehighestfrequencyavailableandrecordedinadynamicvideoor
digitalcineformat.Theimagingplanesandtransducerpositionsrequiredfor
optimalvisualizationofthecoronaryarterysegmentsaredepictedinBox53.2.
Wheneverpossibleallmajorcoronaryarterysegmentsshouldbevisualized.
Multipleimagingplanesandtransducerpositionarerequiredforoptimal
visualizationofallmajorcoronaryarterysegments.Themostcommonsitefor
formationofaneurysmsaretheproximalsegmentsoftheproximalleftanterior
descendingandrightcoronaryarteries,followedindescendingorderbytheleft