Risk Factors of Coronary Artery Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease with a Low Risk of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Resistance: An Analysis of Post RAISE

To detect risk factors of coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) development in patients with Kawasaki disease determined to have a low risk for resistance to primary intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment based on the Kobayashi score. This study included 1757 predicted IVIG responders from Prospective Observational study on STRAtified treatment with Immunoglobulin plus Steroid Efficacy for Kawasaki disease (Post RAISE), a large-scale, multicenter, prospective cohort study of Kawasaki disease in Japan. Predicted IVIG responders were defined as patients with Kawasaki disease with a Kobayashi score of 2.5, age of 2.5 was most strongly associated with CAA development (OR, 7.1; 95% CI, 4.1-12.2; P ≤ .001). Predicted IVIG responders with CAA risk factors identified in this study may be candidates for future clinical trials of intensified primary IVIG treatment with prednisolone, cyclosporine or infliximab.