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Predictors of inadequate initial echocardiography in suspected Kawasaki disease: Criteria for sedation

Raymond P. Lorenzoni III¹, Jaeun Choi², Nadine F. Choueiter³, Iona M. Munjal¹, Chhavi Katyal⁴, Kenan W. D. Stern³

1 Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, USA
2 Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
3 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, USA
4 Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, USA

* Corresponding Author: Kenan W.D. Stern, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1201, New York, NY 10029. Email: