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Age-Related Acceleration of Endothelial Dysfunction and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Subjects with Coronary Artery Lesions After Kawasaki Disease

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The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that accelerated endothelial dysfunction and the development of premature atherosclerosis are associated with age in subjects with coronary artery lesions after Kawasaki disease (KD). A case-control study was performed at a university hospital that included 35 post-KD subjects across a wide age range (range, 8–42 years) without traditional cardiovascular risk factors and 35 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects (Cont). Flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery-induced by reactive hyperemia, intima media thickness (IMT), and elastic modulus (Ep) of the common carotid artery were compared between KD and Cont subjects assessed against age. KD subjects had slightly higher levels of body mass index, lipid profile, and HbA1c than Cont subjects, but the differences were not significant. The mean IMT (p < 0.001), age-adjusted percentage normal IMT (%N IMT; p < 0.0001), and Ep (p < 0.001) were significantly higher in KD than Cont subjects, and the peak FMD% (p < 0.01) was significantly lower in KD than Cont subjects. There were significant correlations between FMD% and age (r = −0.51 p < 0.0001), IMT and age (r = 0.68, p < 0.001), and Ep and age (r = 0.58, p < 0.01) in KD but not Cont subjects. When the difference in FMD% between KD and matched Cont subjects (ΔFMD%) was plotted against age, no significant relationship was found, although significant correlations between ΔIMT and age (r = 0.52, p < 0.01) as well as between ΔEp and age (r = 0.46, p < 0.05) were observed. When we defined values that were +2.0 SD over the mean control values (i.e., %N IMT ≥ 120% and/or Ep ≥ 50 kPa) as markers of subclinical atherosclerosis, 15 subjects met the criteria. Subjects over the age of 22 years were more likely to have (OR = 16.54, p = 0.0001) subclinical atherosclerosis in this cohort. Our results suggest that endothelial dysfunction and the development of premature atherosclerosis were accelerated in adult post-KD compared to Cont subjects.

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Abbreviations

CAL:

Coronary artery lesion

CRFs:

Cardiovascular risk factors

Ep:

Elastic modulus

FMD:

Flow-mediated dilatation

IMT:

Intima-media thichness

KD:

Kawasaki disease

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    Nobutaka Noto, Tomoo Okada, Kensuke Karasawa, Mamoru Ayusawa, Naokata Sumitomo, Kensuke Harada & Hideo Mugishima

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Noto, N., Okada, T., Karasawa, K. et al. Age-Related Acceleration of Endothelial Dysfunction and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Subjects with Coronary Artery Lesions After Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Cardiol 30, 262–268 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-008-9329-6

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