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Orthostatic and Exercise Effects in Children Years After Kawasaki Disease

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The long-term orthostatic and/or exercise hemodynamic effects in children years after Kawasaki disease (KD) were studied using clinical data from the treadmill exercise test (TMET). Heart rate (HR) and blood pressures (BPs) recorded in TMET were compared between two age, gender, and body scale-matched groups of patients with and without a history of KD. The KD group included 60 patients (9.8 ± 2.7 years old) 6.6 ± 2.6 years after KD without coronary arterial aneurysm. The non-KD group included 60 children (10.2 ± 2.7 years old) with other diagnoses. The exercise tolerance in TMET was not statistically different between the two groups. The KD group had a faster HR on standing than the non-KD group by 8.6% (101.5 ± 12.2 vs. 93.5 ± 15.9 bpm, respectively; P < 0.01), suggesting weaker and/or retarded orthostatic vasoconstriction. The pulse pressure was largely augmented above the 4th stage beyond 160 mmHg in 10.6 versus 0% (5 vs. 0) of the KD and non-KD groups (P < 0.05), respectively, while HR and BPs were not significantly different through exercise stages between the two groups. The KD group also showed a faster HR recovery five minutes after exercise than the non-KD group, by 5.7% (108.0 ± 11.6 vs. 102.2 ± 14.2 bpm, respectively; P < 0.05). Our results might indicate long-term subclinical impacts on the vascular tonus of children years after the disease that have not been recognized in previous studies.

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The corresponding author YN is grateful to the medical, nursing, and paramedical staff in each hospital for participating and supporting the collection of clinical records used in this retrospective study.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Yatsu Hoken Hospital, 4-6-16, Yatsu, Narashino City, Chiba, 275-0026, Japan

    Yoshihiro Nakamura & Hideki Tsukada

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Chigasaki Municipal Hospital, 5-15-1, Motomura, Chigasaki City, Kanagawa, 253-0042, Japan

    Takehiro Hama & Yoichiro Oda

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Toto Bunkyo Hospital (former Kodaira Memorial Tokyo Hitachi Hospital), 3-5-7, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0034, Japan

    Yoshie Nakamura

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2, Shinkawa, Mitaka City, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan

    Shoichi Awa

  5. Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Yoshihiro Nakamura

  6. Nozomi Pediatric Clinic, 4-373, Youkaichi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, 921-8064, Japan

    Takehiro Hama

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Nakamura, Y., Hama, T., Nakamura, Y. et al. Orthostatic and Exercise Effects in Children Years After Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Cardiol 41, 24–30 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-019-02216-x

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