An unusual “pulseless disease”

Simultaneous loss of upper extremity pulses, excluding shock, is present in clinical pictures like aortic dissection (type 1 sec. De Backey), but remarkably in Takayasu’s arteritis, named “pulseless disease”. We describe a case of loss of upper extremities pulses secondary to bilateral simultaneous...

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Main Authors: Carlo Di Donato, Paolo D’Andrea, Mara Bozzoli, Stefano Loi, Vincenzo Pulitanò, Francesco Monetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/317