title: Acquired cardiac hypertrophy with outflow tract obstruction in a patient with severe Takayasu arteritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Cardiology Clinic, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. fundabiyikoglu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Senay Funda
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Biyikoglu
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ege
authors.forename: Mehmet Birhan
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duru
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasmaz
mesh_terms: 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