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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 Kawasaki disease with cardiac diagnostic value of echocardiography [Keywords:] Kawasaki heart disease Kawasaki disease, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a kind of systemic vascular inflammation in the main pathological changes of acute febrile rash illness, has replaced rheumatic fever as a child in China a major cause of acquired heart disease is one . Kawasaki disease involving medium-sized and easy, especially coronary artery disease is the first in 1967 by the Japanese Kawasaki, MD, described as rich, China in 1976 reported the first case of children. In recent years, patients with increasing year by year in China, was distributed or small pop . 50% disease incidence in the 2 years of age, 80% at 4 years of age the disease, more common in boys than girls, male to female ratio was 1.6:1, ischemic heart disease in children during the main reason may be the adult coronary atherosclerosis risk factors, the most common for children, one of the causes of acquired heart disease. In this paper, our hospital from August 2004 to September 2008 to 9 cases of Kawasaki disease diagnosed by echocardiography dynamic monitoring results reported as follows. 1 Materials and Methods Clinical diagnosis in our hospital for 9 cases of Kawasaki disease patients, 6 males, 3 females, aged 2 to 14 years of age, 4 years old in 7 patients. Instrument for the TOSHIBA-aplioxa type and sprinkle Siemens color ultrasound diagnostic apparatus Sequoia512 type. Phased fan scanning probe, frequency 3MHz. patient supine or left position, a large aortic root vessels short axis view shows the probe to the right go 1 to 3 points, to show the left main coronary artery open, and then turn clockwise to long-axis images of left coronary artery and the anterior descending branch and the circumflex artery proximal. in the upper right margin of the aortic root of 10 ~ 11 non-standard parts and the long axis of the left coronary artery left ventricu