title: Mesenteric infarction in Takayasu's disease.
abstract: Obstructive lesions of the visceral arteries in Takayasu's disease are common but rarely symptomatic. This report concerns two patients with Takayasu's disease who died of mesenteric infarction due to superior mesenteric artery thrombosis. Prophylactic revascularization of the visceral arteries in Takayasu's disease remains controversial, and lesions can be more severe than classically recognized.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nussaume
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouttier
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Duchatelle
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Valere
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andreassian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy