Current Status of Kawasaki Disease and the Role of Nuclear Cardiology

Abstract

Kawasaki disease (KD) has become a commonly acquired heart disease worldwide in children over the past five decades, because of the related cardiac sequelae. KD is an acute generalized medium vasculitis resulting from hypercytokinemia, and the coronary artery lesions caused by KD from childhood to adulthood lead to ischemic heart disease. To treat and manage KD appropriately, the optimal use of nuclear imaging is required.