Kawasaki Disease, Others Heart Injuries, Not Only Coronary Arteritis

1.2 Epidemiology Kawasaki disease (KD) is not well known worldwide; in Japan, in a recent survey (Nakamura, 2008), an increase was found of ( 151.0 to 184.0/100,000) in children aged <5 years; in other places, especially in Asiatic countries such as Korea (105/100.000), Taiwan (69.0/100,000), China (55/100,000), and in Hong Kong (39.0/100,000); in New Zealand, 8.1/100,000) were registered; in the U.S. (17.1/100.000), Canada (26.2/100,000); in Europe,( 10/100.000) new cases are reported annually, while in Hispanic countries, 11 new cases are registered per year, and in Latin America, no exact figures are available, but it as been estimated that there are 3.0/100,000 cases (Yahi Lin, 2010 ;Martinez,2003 Nakamura, 2008). In Mexico, the first case of KD was communicated by Rodríguez in 1977 (Rodríguez, 1977); from that date until June 2010, registries of case series published in medical journals in Mexico added up to 155 patients (Sotelo, 2011).