XXXX --the Singapore experience.

@entity1 @entity4658 @entity1148 @entity417 @entity573 @entity453
50 @entity1 with @entity573 were seen between September 1983 to March 1988. Their ages ranged from 3 months to 10 years with a mean age of 25 months. Male to Female ratio was 2.3 to 1. The diagnosis of @entity573 was made between the fourth to fifteenth day of illness. Marked @entity1148 , raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate, leucocytosis, mild @entity417 and sterile @entity4658 were common features. All @entity1 had a normal ECG and chest X-ray. 2D echocardiogram was done in the sub-acute phase of the illness in every @entity1 . Sixteen @entity1 (32%) had @entity453 . Thirteen of these had serial 2D echocardiograms done over a period of more than one year. Twelve had echocardiographic resolution of the coronary lesion within 18 months of follow up. @entity1 with @entity453 were significantly younger. All had full clinical recovery with aspirin therapy. @entity573 afflicts mostly young @entity1 and can present as a diagnostic problem. Coronary artery involvement is common, and except for age, it is not predictable by any clinical or laboratory parameter. Serial echocardiographic examinations are necessary in the management of these @entity1 .
