Echocardiographic findings in a fatal case of Kawasaki's disease

D. A. Wilson, E. F. Luckstead and J. H. Stuemky

Kawasaki's disease or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is being diagnosed with increasing freqency in this country. Although death is a rare complication coronary arteritis with associated myocardial changes is common. Echocardiography is proposed as a non-invasive study that may aid in the early detection of cardiac involvement.