Coronary artery stenosis with Takayasu arteritis diagnosed by echocardiography.

Autor:	Shibuya, Yuma, Ichikawa, Yasuhiro, Tanaka, Mio, Ueda, Hideaki
Předmět:	CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation C-reactive protein CORONARY artery stenosis LOSS of consciousness EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis TAKAYASU arteritis DOPPLER echocardiography CARDIAC arrest ABDOMINAL pain COMPUTED tomography DISEASE complications
Zdroj:	Pediatrics International; Jan-Dec2023, Vol. 65 Issue 1, p1-3, 3p
Abstrakt:	The article presents a case study of a two-year-old boy with Takayasu arteritis, a rare large-vessel vasculitis causing coronary artery stenosis. Topics discussed include the difficulty of diagnosing Takayasu arteritis in children, the crucial role of color Doppler flow in echocardiography for diagnosis, and the challenges in therapeutic intervention due to low cardiac output and small coronary artery size.
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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