title: A case of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with falsely normal blood pressure in patient with Takayasu's arteritis.
abstract: This is a case of full-blown Takayasu's arteritis in a young woman complicated with recurrent strokes, which was diagnosed late, after echocardiographic examination identifying concentric left ventricular hypertrophy of unknown cause and falsely normal blood pressure due to arterial stenoses in all four limbs. Herein we describe this interesting and instructive case with a short review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center of Kyunghee East-West Neo Medical Center, 149 Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea. issohn89@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Il-Suk
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Suk-Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Eun-Sun
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Sung-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin-Man
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Young-Tae
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Chong-Jin
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hochul
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jong-Hoa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents