title: Ventricular arrhythmias in Takayasu arteritis.
abstract: We studied the prevalence, severity and clinical significance of ventricular arrhythmias in 78 female patients with Takayasu arteritis by 24-h ambulatory electrocardiography monitoring. Fifty (64%) of 78 patients had no or less than 30 beats/h premature ventricular contractions (Group A). The remaining 28 (36%) patients exhibited frequent or complex premature ventricular contractions (Group B). The frequency of HLA Bw52 which is closely associated with this morbid condition, echocardiographic and thallium-201 stress myocardial scintigraphic findings were then compared between these two groups. The frequency of positive HLA Bw52 was not significantly different between these two groups. Echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass (309 +/- 94 vs. 166 +/- 64 g; P < 0.01), frequency of complicated aortic regurgitation (77% vs. 24%; P < 0.01) and abnormal thallium-201 scintigraphic findings (76% vs. 38%; P < 0.05) were found higher in Group B as compared with those in Group A. These data indicate that frequent or complex ventricular arrhythmias in patients with Takayasu arteritis were associated with the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy, aortic regurgitation and decreased coronary reserve.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siburian
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Numano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059950:HLA-B52 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059950:HLA-B52 Antigen; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes