title: [Arrhythmogenic Takayasu disease].
abstract: The Authors report a case of Takayasu disease in a woman who died at the age of forty-six, in whom the histological examination of the cardio-vascular system revealed giant cells granulomatous arteritis localized in the aortic arch and collateral arteries; endocarditis and granulomatous coronaritis. The bases of arrhythmogenic alterations, in this study, take into account the thrombosis of the conduction system arteriolar vessels and the phlogosis extending to the cardiac plexus.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matturri
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arrigoni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghidoni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000473:pathology; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000209:etiology; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology