Evolution into Takayasu arteritis in a patient presenting with acute pulmonary oedema due to severe aortic regurgitation; a case report

BACKGROUND: Takayasu arteritis is a rare large vessel vasculitis which predominantly affects young Asian females. Aortic regurgitation and heart failure are well described manifestations which are usually preceded by constitutional symptoms, limb claudication, pulse and blood pressure discrepancies,...

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Autores principales: de Silva, Nipun Lakshitha, Withana, Milinda, Weeratunga, Praveen, Priyadharshana, Prakash, Atukorala, Inoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30886971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41927-018-0028-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30886971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41927-018-0028-5

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