Electron beam CT features of the pulmonary artery in Takayasu's arteritis
| Autor: | A Hernigou, O Blétry, Jean-Noël Fiessinger, Chantal Lefebvre, Jean-Charles Piette, Jean-Claude Gaux, JF Paul |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Hypertension Pulmonary Takayasu's arteritis Pulmonary Artery Radiologic sign medicine.artery medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging cardiovascular diseases Arteritis skin and connective tissue diseases Lung Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Vascular disease General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Takayasu Arteritis Stenosis medicine.anatomical_structure Pulmonary artery Female Radiology Vasculitis business Tomography X-Ray Computed Artery |
| Zdroj: | AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 173(1) |
| ISSN: | 0361-803X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu's arteritis is suggestive of the disease. Our aim was to use electron beam CT to study pulmonary artery changes in patients with Takayasu's arteritis. CONCLUSION: Diffuse wall thickening and dilatation or stenosis were significantly more frequent on CT in patients with Takayasu's arteritis than in the control subjects. Knowledge of these findings may be of value when assessing pulmonary artery involvement and thus may be helpful for the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis. |
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