Clustering and climate associations of Kawasaki Disease in San Diego County suggest environmental triggers
Rypdal M, Rypdal V, Burney J, Cayan D, Bainto E, Skochko S, Tremoulet A, Creamean J, Shimizu C, Kim J, Burns J. Clustering and climate associations of Kawasaki Disease in San Diego County suggest environmental triggers. Scientific Reports 2018, 8: 16140. PMID: 30420674, PMCID: PMC6232126, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33124-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKawasaki diseaseKD casesCases of KDEnvironmental triggersMore environmental triggersCertain clinical characteristicsRegional children's hospitalClinical characteristicsKD patientsChildren's HospitalDisease characteristicsSusceptible childrenHeart diseaseCommon causeDiseaseEpisodic exposurePatientsHospitalGene expression analysisSan Diego CountyGene expression patternsExpression patternsDisease incidenceTemporal clustersBifid T waves on the ECG and genetic variation in calcium channel voltage‐dependent beta 2 subunit gene (CACNB2) in acute Kawasaki disease
Oyamada J, Shimizu C, Kim J, Williams M, Png E, Hibberd M, Tremoulet A, Perry J, Burns J. Bifid T waves on the ECG and genetic variation in calcium channel voltage‐dependent beta 2 subunit gene (CACNB2) in acute Kawasaki disease. Congenital Heart Disease 2018, 14: 213-220. PMID: 30395415, DOI: 10.1111/chd.12696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBifid T wavesKawasaki diseaseT-wave morphologyKD subjectsT waveIndependent cohortKD susceptibilityAcute KD subjectsAcute Kawasaki diseaseSelf-limited vasculitisSubunit geneGenetic variantsGenotype/phenotype association studiesWide association study dataGenome-wide association study dataIntracellular calcium signalingPhenotype association studiesWave morphologyAssociation study dataCalcium channel geneCommon causeCardiac repolarizationMyocardial repolarizationCardiac diseaseAbnormal repolarization