A Rare Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Total Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion

We report the case of a young woman with chest pain and recurrent abortion. The patient was found to have Takayasu arteritis. Drug therapy was started, and emergency bypass surgery was performed. The case showed the possible clinical manifestation of vasculitis as a recurrent abortion, followed by t...

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Autores principales: Rakisheva, Amina, Mashkunova, Olga, Kolesnikov, Alexey, Urazalina, Saule, Mussagaliyeva, Aisulu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Imaging Vignette
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.038
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Sumario:We report the case of a young woman with chest pain and recurrent abortion. The patient was found to have Takayasu arteritis. Drug therapy was started, and emergency bypass surgery was performed. The case showed the possible clinical manifestation of vasculitis as a recurrent abortion, followed by total occlusion of the left main coronary artery. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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