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. 2022 Aug 26;41(12):3807–3816. doi: 10.1007/s10067-022-06350-5

Table 2.

Echocardiography and abdominal ultrasonography findings

All patients (n = 123) Mild/moderate MIS-C (n = 75) Severe MIS-C (n = 48) p value
Echocardiography n (%)
LV dysfunction 45 (36.6) 13 (17.3) 32 (66.7)  < 0.001a
Valve failure 58 (47.2) 25 (33.3) 33 (68.8)  < 0.001a
Pericardial effusion 31 (25.2) 12 (16) 19 (39.6) 0.003a
Coronary involvement 14 (11.4) 11 (14.7) 3 (6.3) 0.15a
Myocarditis 6 (4.9) 0 (0) 6 (12.5) 0.003b
LVEF (%)* 65 (58–70) 68 (64–72) 58.5 (52–65.8)  < 0.001 c
LVEF n (%) 0.001a
30–44 2 (1.6) 0 (0) 2 (4.2)
45–54 20 (16.3) 6 (8) 14 (29.2)
 > 55 101 (82.1) 69 (92) 32 (66.7)
Abdominal ultrasonographyc n (%)
Bowel wall thickening 28 (27.2) 15 (25) 13 (30.2) 0.56a
Lymphadenopathy 42 (40.8) 25 (41.7) 17 (39.5) 0.83a
Ascites 48 (46.6) 21 (35) 27 (62.8) 0.005a
Mesenteric inflammation 16 (15.5) 8 (13.3) 8 (18.6) 0.47a
Appendicitis findings 10 (9.7) 8 (13.3) 2 (4.7) 0.19b
Hepatosplenomegaly 11 (10.7) 7 (11.7) 4 (9.3) 0.76b

*Median (ınterquartile range)

aChi-square

bFisher’s exact test

c20 patient not available for assessment

LV, left ventricle, LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction