Cardiovascular Risk Markers and Response to Statins After Kawasaki Disease

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Chilean children with history of Kawasaki disease have endothelial dysfunction years after the acute phase of the disease, and if this condition can be modified by treatment with statins.

Timeline

Start

2006-04

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-05

Publications

• Background Kato H, Sugimura T, Akagi T, Sato N, Hashino K, Maeno Y, Kazue T, Eto G, Yamakawa R. Long-term consequences of Kawasaki disease. A 10- to 21-year follow-up study of 594 patients. Circulation. 1996 Sep 15;94(6):1379-85. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.94.6.1379.
• Background Dhillon R, Clarkson P, Donald AE, Powe AJ, Nash M, Novelli V, Dillon MJ, Deanfield JE. Endothelial dysfunction late after Kawasaki disease. Circulation. 1996 Nov 1;94(9):2103-6. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.94.9.2103.
• Background Furuyama H, Odagawa Y, Katoh C, Iwado Y, Ito Y, Noriyasu K, Mabuchi M, Yoshinaga K, Kuge Y, Kobayashi K, Tamaki N. Altered myocardial flow reserve and endothelial function late after Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr. 2003 Feb;142(2):149-54. doi: 10.1067/mpd.2003.46.
• Background de Jongh S, Lilien MR, op't Roodt J, Stroes ES, Bakker HD, Kastelein JJ. Early statin therapy restores endothelial function in children with familial hypercholesterolemia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Dec 18;40(12):2117-21. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02593-7.

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