TABLE 1.

Patients Characteristics at the Admission

	IVIG 10 Patients (45.4%)	CS 12 Patients (54.5%)	P
Male gender	8	7	0.38
Age	13.4 ± 3.7	11.8 ± 4.4	0.38
KD-like	7	9	1.0
Shock	5	3	0.37
Fever (days)	6 (IQR 5 to 7)	5 (IQR 4.25 to 6.75)	0.37
Heart rate (/min)	116.5 ± 16.8	111.3 ±17.4	0.49
CRP (mg/mL)	175 (IQR 121.9 to 258.7)	246.5 (IQR 180.3 to 293)	0.1
NT-pro BNP (pg/mL)	4839 (IQR 2739 to >5000)	4256 (IQR 2175 to >5000)	1.0
Elevated cTnI	7	8	1.0
Elevated SGOT	5	4	0.7
Elevated SGPT	6	6	0.7
Thrombocytopenia	6	7	1.0
Na (mmol/L)	133.1 ± 3.75	132.7 ± 2.5	0.75
Albumin (g/L)	35.2 ± 4.6	31.7 ± 4.3	0.08
Phosphate (mmol/L)	0.93 ± 0.3	1.03 ± 0.2	0.37
D-dimer (ng/mL)	753 (IQR 494 to 1758)	1312 (IQR 685 to 2488)	0.26
Fibrinogen (g/L)	5.6 ± 2.5	5.3 ± 1.7	0.7
Ejection fraction (%)	47.9 ± 7.7	51.7 ± 5.7	0.27
Fraction of shortening (%)	24.5 ± 4.17	27.1 ± 5.7	0.31
Left ventricle EDD (Z score)	0.54 (IQR −0.5 to 1.06)	0.4 (IQR 0.06 to 1.17)	0.46
Left ventricle ESD (Z score)	2.05 (IQR 0.7 to 3.13)	1.97 (IQR 1.55 to 2.2)	0.72
Posterior wall (Z score)	0.9 (IQR 0.46 to 1.6)	1.44 (IQR 1.1 to 2.34)	0.13

EDD indicates end-diastolic diameter; ESD, end-systolic diameter.