Re-do aortic operation in a young patient for aggressive Takayasu’s arteritis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Takayasu’s arteritis is an inflammatory arteriopathy which involves the aorta and its major branches, causing mainly stenosis of their lumen, though aneurysmal lesions can also occur. A young female with Takayasu’s disease presented to our hospital with acute lun...

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Main Authors: Bougioukas Ioannis, Mikroulis Dimitrios, Popov Aron, Bougioukas Georgios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/91