Coronary Artery Complication in Kawasaki Disease and the Importance of Early Intervention
December 2016
This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrates that adjunctive corticosteroid therapy was associated with a significantly lower rate of coronary artery complication compared with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy, particularly among high-risk patients.
Meta-regression based on known variables demonstrated that the overall efficacy was negatively correlated with the duration of illness before corticosteroids therapy.
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