scholarly journals 1025. Prediction of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Resistance and Coronary Artery Dilatation in Kawasaki Disease: a Multicenter Study from Oman

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S604-S604
Author(s):  
Fatma Al Mwaiti ◽  
Zaid Alhinai ◽  
Safiya AlAbrawi ◽  
Asmhan A L mamari ◽  
Reem Abdwani ◽  
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Abstract Background Prediction of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance and coronary artery dilatation continues to be a challenge in the management of Kawasaki disease. Significant differences exist among different populations. Methods Children < 13 years of age who presented to the two main tertiary care hospitals in Oman (Royal Hospital and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital) between 2008 and 2019 with a diagnosis of Kawasaki disease were included. Diagnosis was confirmed and clinical, laboratory and echocardiography data was systematically collected and checked for accuracy. The primary outcome was the presence of IVIG resistance or coronary artery dilatation at the 6-week follow-up. Bivariate analysis was used to identify significant predictors of the primary outcome, followed by multivariable logistic regression to determine independent predictors. The Muscat Index of Kawasaki disease Severity (MIKS) score was created based on the results. Results 156 children with Kawasaki disease were included. Median age was 2.1 years (IQR 0.9-3.8), and 64% were males. All patients received IVIG, 26 (17%) received steroids, and one received infliximab. Coronary dilatation was identified in 41 (26%) patients on initial echocardiogram, and 26 (18%) at the 6-week follow-up visit. Variables significantly associated with the primary outcome were age ≤15 months (P=0.031), hemoglobin (P=0.009), WBC count (P=0.002), absolute neutrophil count (P=0.006), and CRP ≥150 mg/L (P=0.015). These variables in addition male gender (P=0.058), ALT >80 IU/L (P=0.10) and serum sodium (P=0.10), were entered into multivariable logistic regression. A predictive model based on CRP ≥150 mg/L (LR=2.2, P=0.049), male gender (LR=2.1, P=0.095) and WBC (LR=1.1, P=0.017) resulted, and it was used as basis for the MIKS score (Table 1). The MIKS score performed favorably to the Kobayashi score in its sensitivity to predict the primary outcome and its separate components (Table 2). Combining the MIKS score with other high-risk criteria had a sensitivity of 95% in predicting the primary outcome and a specificity of 56%. Table 1. Calculation of the Muscat Index of Kawasaki disease Severity (MIKS) score Table 2. Sensitivity, specificity and P value for the Kobayashi, MIKS, and combined high risk criteria in predicting IVIG resistance, coronary dilatation at 6 weeks, separately or in combination, among patients with Kawasaki disease. MIKS: Muscat Index of Kawasaki disease Severity. *High risk: presence of coronary artery dilatation on initial echocardiogram or age <1> Conclusion The MIKS score predicts IVIG resistance and coronary artery dilatation in Kawasaki disease in our setting, with favorable performance compared to the Kobayashi score. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 131 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
lijian xie ◽  
Cuizhen Zhou ◽  
Renjian Wang ◽  
Tingting Xiao ◽  
Jie Shen ◽  
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Introduction: The incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD) in China is increasing for years. The current coronary artery lesion (CAL) incidence is 5-10% in KD with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment. And the 10-20% KD patients still exhibit IVIG resistance. However, little clinical evidence on the occurrence of either CAL or IVIG resistance for big KD sample study in China during the past decade. Objective: In order to find clinical risk factors of CAL and IVIG resistance of KD in China. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical manifestations, laboratory results, treatment and complications of cardiac vascular of 602 KD cases from 2007 to 2012 admitted at Shanghai Children’s Hospital. The SAS 9.2 edition was used for statistical analysis. The mean ± standard deviation or the median were used for measurements. Case numbers and percentages were used for the count number. The t-test and the Mann-Whitney test were both used for mean comparisons. Single factor and multi-factor logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the risk factors. Results: 1. The KD gender male to female ratio was 1.85: 1. The KD median age was 2.0 years old (one month to 11.7 years old). 20.1% cases (121 of 602) exhibited CAL. There was no difference of CAL incidence between the gender (p=0.09). 2. The incidence of bright red cracked lips (p=0.001), peeling of the skin of the toes (p=0.021) and perianal skin peeling (p=0.031) are less in group with CAL. 3. Among the 602 cases, there were 525 cases that were sensitive to IVIG therapy. 100 of those cases had CAL with an incidence of 19.1%. Among the 26 IVIG resistance cases, there were 9 cases with CAL with an incidence of 34.6%, which was higher than the IVIG sensitive group (p=0.05). 4. ESR (p=0.014), CRP (p=0.017), PLT (p=0.003) and Hb (p=0.032) were much higher in the IVIG resistance group than the IVIG sensitive group, even though the IVIG resistance group started the IVIG treatment earlier (p=0.003). 5. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to show that GPT≥80IU/L was the independent risk factor of IVIG resistance, risk ratio was 2.945 (p=0.012) . Conclusion: This research suggests that risk factors of clinical evidence for IVIG resistance and CAL in KD.


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 131 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cedric Manlhiot ◽  
Andrew M Crean ◽  
Nigel Fernandopulle ◽  
Brendan Lew ◽  
Tanveer H Collins ◽  
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Background: Long-term outcomes and life expectancy for children with a previous history of Kawasaki disease (KD), particularly those with coronary artery aneurysms (CAA), remain to be determined. Methods: An inception cohort of all patients with KD assessed at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto between 1978 and 2013 was assembled. Patient outcomes were obtained throughout their pediatric and adult clinical follow-up as long as available. Prevalence of outcomes over time was modelled with Kaplan-Meier survival curves. Life tables from Statistics Canada were used to obtain age/gender specific cumulative mortality for the general population. Results: The cohort included 2,623 KD patients, of whom 410 (16%) had coronary artery involvement (215 dilatation, 57 non-giant CAA and 138 giant CAA). Average follow-up for patients with coronary artery involvement was 6.7 years (13.3 years for giant CAA); 57 and 34 patients had at least 15 and 25 years of follow-up, respectively. No patients with coronary artery dilatation or non-giant CAA had revascularization or a myocardial infarct. Freedom from revascularization (14 events) for patients with giant CAA was 90±6%, 87±7% and 80±13% at 10, 20 and 40 years of follow-up. Freedom from myocardial infarct (11 events) was 94±4%, 92±5% and 89±7% at 5, 20 and 40 years. For patients without coronary artery involvement, 3 (0.1%) deaths were recorded, one secondary to complications of macrophage activation syndrome during the acute phase of KD and 2 from cancer. No deaths were noted for patients with coronary artery dilatation or non-giant CAA, although clinical follow-up was more limited. For patients with giant CAA, 3 deaths (2.2%) were noted, 2 related to CAA complications and 1 from non-medical cause. Cumulative mortality for patients with giant CAA was 1.5% at 10 years of age (expected mortality 0.7%, HR: 2.2 (0.3-11.5), p=0.08) and 3.1% at 40 years of age (expected 2.3%, HR: 1.3 (0.4-4.0), p=0.37). Conclusions: Despite risks of myocardial infarction and revascularization, patients with giant CAA had life-expectancy similar to that of the general population up to the fourth decade of life. Additional follow-up will be necessary to determine if these trends continue into later decades.


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 131 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Beth F Son ◽  
Kimberlee Gauvreau ◽  
Susan Kim ◽  
Alexander Tang ◽  
Fatma Dedeoglu ◽  
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Aim: To assess the performance of established Japanese risk scores (RS) to identify patients (pts) with Kawasaki disease (KD) at high-risk for developing coronary artery aneurysms (CAA). Methods: We reviewed clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic (echo) data for pts with KD treated with IVIG from 1/2006 to 5/2014. We defined CAA as z score ≥2.5 in the right coronary artery (RCA) or left anterior descending artery (LAD) at 4-8 weeks of illness. Relationships with Kobayashi, Sano, Egami and Harada RS and CAA were examined. The maximum z score of LAD or RCA (zMax) at baseline was a covariate in logistic regression. The discrimination of each model was assessed using the c statistic. Results: Of 268 pts with complete data, 173 (65%) were male and median age was 3.1 y (range 0.1-14.1 y). At diagnosis, 74 (28%) had ≤3 classical criteria for KD, and 70 pts (26%) received IVIG retreatment. On baseline echo, 75 pts (27%) had a zMax ≥ 2.0. CAA occurred in 15 pts (5.6%). The Harada RS predicted development of CAA (low risk = 0% (0/80), high risk=9% (12/140), p=0.005), but the Kobayashi, Sano, and Egami RS were not associated with CAA. CAA were associated with baseline zMax ≥2.0 vs. <2.0 (12 [16%] vs. 3 [2%], respectively, p<0.001) and as a covariate in logistic regression (Table 1). Conclusions: With the exception of the Harada score, established RS were ineffective at predicting the development of CAA at a cosmopolitan center. Baseline z scores were highly associated with CAA. However, adding baseline z scores to a logistic regression model did not improve discrimination of the RS.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yapeng Lu ◽  
Rui Liu ◽  
Luting Zha ◽  
Shan Yuan ◽  
Lang Tian ◽  
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis that predominantly affects children and can result in coronary artery lesions (CALs). Thrombomodulin (TM) is a critical cofactor in the protein C anticoagulant system. The TM C1418T (rs1042579) polymorphism is associated with a high risk of cardiac-cerebral vascular diseases. But the association of the TM C1418T polymorphism with susceptibility to KD, CAL formation, and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance is still unclear. In our study, we examined the TM C1418T polymorphism in 122 children with KD and 126 healthy children and revealed the correlation between the TM C1418T polymorphism and KD, CAL formation, and IVIG resistance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Zhu ◽  
Jocelyn Y. Ang

Abstract Purpose of Review Provide an updated review of the clinical management and diagnosis of Kawasaki disease with inclusion of potential diagnostic difficulties with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Recent Findings Adjunctive corticosteroid therapy has been shown to reduce the rate of coronary artery dilation in children at high risk for IVIG resistance in multiple Japanese clinical studies (most notably RAISE study group). Additional adjunctive therapies (etanercept, infliximab, cyclosporin) may also provide limited benefit, but data is limited to single studies and subgroups of patients with cardiac abnormalities. The efficacy of other agents (atorvastatin, doxycycline) is currently being investigated. MIS-C is a clinically distinct entity from KD with broad clinical manifestations and multiorgan involvement (cardiac, GI, hematologic, dermatologic, respiratory, renal). MIS-C with Kawasaki manifestations is more commonly seen in children < 5 years of age. Summary The 2017 American Heart Association (AHA) treatment guidelines have included changes in aspirin dosing (including both 80–100 mg/kg/day and 30–50 mg/kg/day treatment options), consideration of the use of adjuvant corticosteroid therapy in patients at high risk of IVIG resistance, and the change in steroid regimen for refractory KD to include both pulse-dose IVMP and longer course of prednisolone with an oral taper. A significant proportion of children diagnosed with MIS-C, a post-infectious syndrome of SARS-CoV-2 infection, meet criteria for Kawasaki disease. Further investigation is warranted to further delineate these conditions and optimize treatment of these conditions given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ang Wei ◽  
Honghao Ma ◽  
Liping Zhang ◽  
Zhigang Li ◽  
Yitong Guan ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics, treatment, prognosis and risk factors for chronic active Epstein–Barr Virus infection (CAEBV) associated with coronary artery dilatation (CAD) in children. Methods Children with CAEBV associated with CAD hospitalized at Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University from March 2016 to December 2019 were analyzed. Children with CAEBV without CAD were selected as the control group and matched by sex, age, treatment and admission time. The clinical manifestations, laboratory and ultrasound examinations, treatment and prognosis of the children were collected in both groups. Results There were 10 children with CAEBV combined with CAD, including 6 males and 4 females, accounting for 8.9% (10/112) of CAEBV patients in the same period, with an onset age of 6.05 (2.8–14.3) years. The median follow-up time was 20 (6–48) months. All the patients had high copies of EBV-DNA in whole blood [1.18 × 107 (1.90 × 105–3.96 × 107) copies/mL] and plasma [1.81 × 104 (1.54 × 103–1.76 × 106) copies/mL], and all biopsy samples (bone marrow, lymph nodes or liver) were all positive for Epstein–Barr virus-encoded small RNA. Among the 10 children, 8 had bilateral CAD, and 2 patients had unilateral CAD. After diagnosis, 7 children were treated with L-DEP chemotherapy in our hospital. After chemotherapy, four patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The others were waiting for HSCT. At the time of the last patients follow up record, the CAD had returned to normal in 3 patients, and the time from the diagnosis of CAD to recovery was 21 (18–68) days. LDH, serum ferritin, TNF-α and IL-10 levels were statistically significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.009, 0.008, 0.026 and 0.030). There were no significant differences in survival rate between the two groups (P = 0.416). Conclusion The incidence of CAEBV with CAD was low. CAEBV with CAD did not influence the prognosis. Patients who had high LDH, serum ferritin, TNF-α, and IL-10 levels early in their illness were more likely to develop CAD.


Author(s):  
Grischa Hoffmann ◽  
Christine Friedrich ◽  
Katharina Huenges ◽  
Rainer Petzina ◽  
Astrid-Mareike Vogt ◽  
...  

Abstract Background High-risk patients with multivessel disease (MVD) including a complex stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary may not be ideal candidates for guideline compliant therapy by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) regarding invasiveness and perioperative complications. However, they may benefit from minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) grafting and hybrid revascularization (HCR). Methods A logistic European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation score (logES) >10% defined high risk. In high-risk patients with MVD undergoing MIDCAB or HCR, the incidence of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) after 30 days and during midterm follow-up was evaluated. Results Out of 1,250 patients undergoing MIDCAB at our institution between 1998 and 2015, 78 patients (logES: 18.5%; age, 76.7 ± 8.6 years) met the inclusion criteria. During the first 30 days, mortality and rate of MACCE were 9.0%; early mortality was two-fold overestimated by logES. Complete revascularization as scheduled was finally achieved in 64 patients (82.1%). Median follow-up time reached 3.4 (1.2–6.5) years with a median survival time of 4.7 years. Survival after 1, 3, and 5 years was 77, 62, and 48%. Conclusion In high-risk patients with MVD, MIDCAB is associated with acceptable early outcome which is better than predicted by logES. Taking the high-risk profile into consideration, midterm follow-up showed satisfying results, although scheduled HCR was not realized in a relevant proportion. In selected cases of MVD, MIDCAB presents an acceptable alternative for high-risk patients.


Rheumatology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 770-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Gyun Ahn ◽  
Yoonsun Bae ◽  
Dongjik Shin ◽  
Jiho Nam ◽  
Kyu Yeun Kim ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology that affects infants and young children. Recent reports of elevated serum high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) level during the acute phase of KD and its relationship to poor response to IVIG treatment suggest a possible association of HMGB1 polymorphisms with KD. We investigated the association between the polymorphisms of the HMGB1 gene, KD susceptibility, coronary artery lesions, and KD response to IVIG treatment. Methods Whole genome sequencing of the HMGB1 gene was performed to identify causative variants. Two tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms of the HMGB1 gene were selected using linkage disequilibrium analysis. The tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped using the TaqMan Allelic Discrimination assay in a total of 468 subjects (265 KD patients and 203 controls). Results The HMGB1 single nucleotide polymorphisms were not associated with KD susceptibility. However, in KD patients, there was a significant association of rs1412125 with coronary artery lesions formation in the recessive model (GG vs AA + GA: odds ratio = 4.98, 95% CI = 1.69–14.66, P = 0.005). In addition, rs1412125 was associated with IVIG resistance in the recessive (GG vs AA + GA: odds ratio = 4.11, 95% CI = 1.38–12.23, P = 0.017) and allelic models (G vs A: odds ratio = 1.80, 95% CI = 1.06–3.06, P = 0.027). Conclusion The rs1412125 in HMGB1 might be a risk factor for the development of coronary artery lesions and IVIG resistance in KD patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Albuquerque ◽  
Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves ◽  
Hugo Marques ◽  
António Ferreira ◽  
Pedro Freitas ◽  
...  

AbstractAnomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the opposite sinus (right-ACAOS) with interarterial course (IAC) has been associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Widespread use of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has led to increased recognition of this condition, even among healthy individuals. Our study sought to examine the prevalence, anatomical characteristics, and outcomes of right-ACAOS with IAC in patients undergoing CCTA for suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). We conducted a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients referred for CCTA at one tertiary hospital from January 2012 to December 2020. Patients exhibiting right-ACAOS with IAC were analyzed for cardiac symptoms and mid-term occurrence of first MACE (cardiac death, SCD, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) or revascularization of the anomalous vessel). CCTAs were reviewed for anatomical high-risk features and concomitant CAD. Among 10,928 patients referred for CCTA, 28 patients with right-ACAOS with IAC were identified. Mean age was 55 ± 17 years, 64% were male and 11 (39.3%) presented stable cardiac symptoms. Most patients had at least one high risk anatomical feature. During follow-up, there were no cardiac deaths or aborted SCD episodes and only 1 patient underwent surgical revascularization of the anomalous vessel. Right-ACAOS with IAC is an uncommon finding (prevalence of 0.26%). In a contemporary population of predominantly asymptomatic patients who survived this condition well into adulthood, most patients were managed conservatively with a low event rate. Additional studies are needed to support medical follow-up as the preferred option in this setting.


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