A Case of Takayasu's Arteritis with Bilateral Involvement of Ostial Coronary Arteries.
- Author:
Jae Hoon CHOI
1
;
Min Ah NA
;
Jung Hyun LEE
;
Tae Kun LEE
;
Kook Jin CHUN
;
Sung Il KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. ksimd@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Takayasu's arteritis;
Bilateral ostial coronary artery
- MeSH:
Coronary Vessels*;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Phenobarbital;
Takayasu Arteritis*;
Vasculitis
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
2003;10(3):315-319
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic large-vessel vasculitis affecting young women more frequently than young men. The patients frequently have signs and symptoms of peripheral vascular insufficiency caused by arterial luminal obliteration or narrowing. Coronary artery involvement occurs in only 9~27% of patients. Most of the coronary artery lesions are predominantly involved unilaterally. We describe a presentation of Takayasu's arteritis in a young woman with involvement of the bilateral ostial coronary arteries.
