Usefulness of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for aortitis syndrome.
A woman with aortitis syndrome who had had severe hypertension for more than 30 years, despite the administration of various antihypertensive drugs, underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) a total of three times. The operation resulted in good control of BP and with an improvement of other hemodynamics without any medication for one year after PTA.
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001025:Aortitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome