Takayasu arteritis in Turkey
| Autor: | Hakan Kültüsay, Serdar Payzin, Ahmet Memis, Cuneyt Turkoglu, Ahmet Altintig, Mustafa Akin, Levent Can, Azem Akilli |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison Male medicine.medical_specialty Systemic disease Adolescent Turkey medicine.medical_treatment Takayasu arteritis Angioplasty medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Arteritis skin and connective tissue diseases Child Retrospective Studies Vascular disease business.industry Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Takayasu Arteritis Surgery Treatment Outcome Etiology Female Vasculitis business Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Angioplasty Balloon |
| Zdroj: | International journal of cardiology. |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| Popis: | Takayasu arteritis is a non-specific inflammatory process of unknown etiology affecting the aorta and its branches. A retrospective study was done in 14 patients diagnosed as Takayasu arteritis. Eleven patients were female and three were male. Ages ranged from 12 to 30 years. Seven patients had type I arteritis, three patients type II arteritis, and four patients type III Takayasu arteritis. Successful angioplasty was performed in five cases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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