title: Giant-cell arteritis causing severe aortic regurgitation secondary to aneurysm of the ascending aorta--a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors: Coronary Care Unit, University of Florence, Italy.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Marchionni
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Di Bari
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Ferrucci
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Moschi
authors: R P
authors: RP
authors: Dabizzi
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Di Donato
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Biancalani
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Gori
mesh_terms: 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