title: Aortitis syndrome, coronary artery ectasia, and mid-ventricular obstruction.
abstract: A 46-year-old Japanese woman, who had been diagnosed as having aortitis syndrome 4 years earlier, was admitted to our hospital in May 1989. The diagnosis of aortitis syndrome was confirmed by intravenous digital subtraction angiography which showed stenotic lesions in each subclavian artery, the left common carotid artery, and the descending aorta. Coronary arteriography revealed diffuse and prominent dilatation of entire coronary artery segments. Moreover, a left ventriculogram showed complete obstruction of the mid-ventricle during systole. Thus, we diagnosed this case as aortitis syndrome complicated by coronary artery ectasia and mid-ventricular obstruction. The causal relations of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chinushi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazoe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Funazaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans