Segmental and global longitudinal strain differences between Kawasaki disease and multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children.
Enrico PiccinelliCarles Bautista-RodriguezJethro HerbergHeechan KangSylvia KrupickovaIvan B AltamarSara MoscatelliJolanda SabatinoManjit JosenJosefa ParedesElisabeth WhittakerYogen SinghAlain FraisseGiovanni Di SalvoPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2022)
Our findings are consistent with the transient cardiac involvement in multi-system inflammatory syndrome, as opposed to the subtle and chronic myocardial involvement in Kawasaki disease children with coronary arteries abnormalities. We speculate that the mechanism of cardiac impairment in the few multi-system inflammatory syndrome children with reduced global longitudinal strain is not related to coronary arteries abnormalities.