Diffuse Aortitis Complicating Behcet’s Disease Leading to Severe Aortic Regurgitation
| Autor: | Yau-Ting Tai, Wing-Hing Chow, WF Ng, Chu-Pak Lau, Ping-Ching Fong, Kin-Hang Fu, Woon-Sing Wong |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Aortic valve medicine.medical_specialty Aortic Valve Insufficiency Behcet's disease Disease Aortic valve replacement Internal medicine medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Aorta Aortitis business.industry Behcet Syndrome Valvular regurgitation medicine.disease Surgery stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Regurgitation (digestion) Cardiology Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Cardiology. 79:156-160 |
| ISSN: | 1421-9751 0008-6312 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000174874 |
| Popis: | Cardiovascular complications are uncommon in Behçet's disease, but are frequently the cause of morbidity and mortality. Venous and peripheral arterial involvement have been well documented, but involvement of the proximal aorta has rarely been described. This report details a Chinese patient with Behçet's disease. Diffuse aortitis led to proximal aortic dilatation and severe aortic regurgitation necessitating aortic valve replacement. Histopathology of the aorta revealed features similar to those observed in other systemic diseases with aortic involvement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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