Imaging Findings in Takayasu's Arteritis: American.
Angiographic findings of 47 patients with pulmonary artery involvement (PAI) in aortoarteritis are described together with the diagnostic evaluation of PAI and its clinical implications. Pulmonary arteriography was obtained by intravenous digital subtraction angiography in 133 patients with aortoarteritis; 45 (33.8%) were found to have PAI. Two patients with PAI, studied by conventional.
Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is classified as a large-vessel vasculitis because it primarily affects the aorta and its primary branches. It also shares some histolo It seems to us that you have your JavaScript disabled on your browser. JavaScript is required in order for our site to behave correctly.
There was intimal thickening. Long axis imaging showed long segment tight stenosis with the typical rat tail deformity (panel B, arrows) of the lumen. The narrowest diameter was 2 mm while the normal segment above was 11 mm. Non-specific aortoarteritis was diagnosed. Descending aortic injection confirmed the above findings (below right).
Nonspecific aortoarteritis is a systemic autoimmune disease eventuating in gradual stenosis of the aorta and the main vessels with ischemia of the respective organs. Ophthalmologic symptoms have been examined in 54 patients with nonspecific aortoarteritis.
Introduction Aortoarteritis is a rare cause of aortic rurgita- tion. In cases of aortoarteritis causing severe aortic rurgitation, replacement of the aortic valve may be necessary because of hemodynamic decompensation. Three rare cases of recurrent aortic valve dehiscence due to the underlying aortitis in the absence of infection are reported.
Direskeneli H, Aydin SZ, Kermani TA, et al. Development of outcome measures for large-vessel vasculitis for use in clinical Vasculitis assessment and Takayasu aorto-arteritis Perspective 157.
Nonspecific aortoarteritis is a panarteritis of unknown cause that primarily involves vessel walls. The imaging morphology of changes caused by nonspecific aortoarteritis has been infrequently stud.