Giant-cell arteritis causing severe aortic regurgitation secondary to aneurysm of the ascending aorta--a case report.
This report describes a case of aneurysm of the ascending aorta with secondary, severe, aortic valve incompetence following temporal arteritis in a sixty-five-year-old woman.
Marchionni
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Coronary Care Unit, University of Florence, Italy.
Di Bari
M
M
Ferrucci
L
L
Moschi
G
G
Dabizzi
R P
RP
Di Donato
M
M
Biancalani
M
M
Gori
F
F
D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans