Catalog

Myocarditis due to Kawasaki disease

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Link to WHO Definition

Myocarditis due to Kawasaki disease – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/674582240

Myocarditis (inflammatory cardiomyopathy) associated with Kawasaki Disease, occurs early in the illness (before coronary arterial abnormalities), and is usually characterised by reversible myocardial oedema with little permanent cell loss or disruption. It has been categorised as a hypersensitive reaction. Rarely it may be severe and associated with pancarditis and Kawasaki disease shock syndrome. It should be distinguished from late ischaemic cardiomyopathy due to coronary arterial aneurysms and-or stenosis.