Takayasu arteritis: role of cardiovascular magnetic imaging.
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a primary arteritis of unknown cause that commonly affects the aorta and its main branches. Traditionally, X-ray contrast angiography has been the gold standard for diagnosis and review of this chronic disease but recent developments suggest that non-invasive imaging with multiplanar cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) have a number of advantages for use in routine care. This review utilises a series of cases referred for imaging at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London to illustrate these points of development.
Queen Elisabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK. rick.steeds@uhb.nhs.uk
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D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA