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Hidden in Plain Sight: Discovering Giant Cell Aortopathy During Surgical Mitral Valve Repair

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory cranial and/or extracranial vasculitis. Although cranial GCA is widely recognized, extracranial GCA is underdiagnosed because of its nonspecific and atypical presentations. We report a case of asymptomatic extracranial GCA with ascending thoracic aortopa...

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Autores principales: Khan, Najah A., Li, Daniel, Newstrom, Emily, Barrios, Roberto, Attar, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9091514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.014