Acquired cardiac hypertrophy with outflow tract obstruction in a patient with severe Takayasu arteritis.
Takayasu arteritis with coronary artery involvement is rare and its association with secondary cardiac hypertrophy with severe outflow tract obstruction is not common. We describe a case of Takayasu arteritis, diagnosed 10 years ago, whose coronary artery involvement and obstructive cardiac hypertrophy are ascertained after our investigations.
Biyikoglu
Senay Funda
SF
Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Cardiology Clinic, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. fundabiyikoglu@yahoo.com
Ege
Meltem
M
Yilmaz
Mehmet Birhan
MB
Duru
Erdal
E
Sasmaz
Ali
A
D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology