title: Treatment of Takayasu's aortitis with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and wall stent--a case report.
abstract: The authors describe a young woman who developed severe toxemia during pregnancy, requiring emergency lower segment cesarian section at 27 weeks of gestation. Postpartum angiography showed a discrete stenotic lesion of the abdominal aorta proximal to the origin of the renal artery. Angioplasty was performed, followed by the insertion of a wall stent at the site of the stenosis. Her hypertension control improved dramatically after the stenting. This is, so far, the first reported case using a wall stent following angioplasty to relieve abdominal aortic stenosis due to Takayasu's arteritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Mak
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis