Late Takayasu Arteritis Diagnosis in a Female Patient With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Late Takayasu Arteritis Diagnosis in a Female Patient With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Takayasu arteritis is a rare cause of cardiovascular morbidity in the Western world. As consequence, vasculitis may be misdiagnosed and treated as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We present a case of late Takayasu arteritis diagnosis, in a female patient with peripheral artery disease and pr...

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Main Authors: Ioannis Lianos, MD, Konstantinos Katogiannis, MD, Maria Mademli, MD, Agathi-Rosa Vrettou, MD, PhD, Alexandra Frogoudaki, MD, PhD, Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
aorta
aortitis
MR sequences
peripheral vascular disease
ultrasound
woman heart
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919306205

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