Abstract:
:Twenty-eight children (5 girls, 23 boys; age, 20.3 +/- 16.2 months) with Kawasaki disease (KD) were included in this study. The children were treated with aspirin plus intravenous injection of gamma globulin (IVGG). Both Tc-99m HMPAO labeled WBC heart imaging (Tc-WBC) and two-dimensional echocardiograms (2D-Echo) were used to evaluate the effects of IVGG on the most common cardiac presentations--carditis and dilated coronary arteries--in KD. After IVGG therapy, the results showed that 32.1% (9/28) carditis patients had improved; 39.3% (11/28) of patients had no significant change; 28.6% (8/28) of patients had severe changes, and there was no significant difference among the three groups by the evidences of Tc-WBC. Dilated coronary arteries (CA) became smaller in 32.1% (9/28) of patients; 53.6% (15/28) of patients had no definite change; 14.3% (4/28) of patients had dilated LCA that became larger; and borderline difference existed among the three groups, proved by 2D-Echo. Between the Tc-WBC and 2D-Echo, 35.7% (10/28) of patients had similar changes, and 64% (18/28) of patients showed incongruous changes; and there was little difference. In conclusion, Tc-WBC and 2D-Echo provide strong evidence of the existence of carditis and dilated coronary arteries in certain patients, even after IVGG treatment. The improvements of carditis and dilated coronary arteries were not correlated with each other after IVGG therapy.
journal_name
Clin Nucl Medjournal_title
Clinical nuclear medicineauthors
Kao CH,Hsieh KS,Chen YC,Wang YL,Wang SJ,Yeh SHdoi
10.1097/00003072-199509000-00012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-09-01 00:00:00pages
813-6issue
9eissn
0363-9762issn
1536-0229journal_volume
20pub_type
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198607000-00022
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002059
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.rlu.0000159684.38607.e3
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002098
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198404000-00007
更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-199304000-00006
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198804000-00005
更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e318125037a
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-197902000-00001
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003409
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002370
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31829af8c0
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001607
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002604
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198311000-00007
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31829b9e5f
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198304000-00004
更新日期:1983-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001309
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000814
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001154
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001099
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182867d70
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198608000-00022
更新日期:1986-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182a23d37
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-199205000-00010
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e318162d955
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198704000-00014
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003072-198003000-00002
更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This interesting image illustrates a case of biopsy-proven pulmonary anthracosilicosis, a mixed dust pneumoconiosis, associated with Ga-PSMA-ligand uptake. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is an emerging imaging biomarker, with clinical application in evaluation of prostate cancer using Ga-PSMA-ligand PET/CT....
journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001782
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003211
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00