My Heart M= Mucosal involvement like dry chapped lips and strawberry tongue H= Hands and feet with edema and desquamation (late in the disease) E= Eyes non purulent bilateral conjunctivitis A= Adenopathy often cervical unilateral > 1.5 cm lymph nodes enlargement R= Rash usually truncal and pleomorphic T= Temperature non remitting fever for at least five days and the whole statement "My Heart" refers to the coronary artery aneurysm seen in children The presence of fever + four of the other five criteria constitutes typical Kawasaki disease
Starc TJ, Hardof AJ, Hayes CJ, Clark BJ . Cardiology. In: Polin RA, Ditmar MF. editors. Pediatric Secrets. 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus; 2001. p. 88.
