A case of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with falsely normal blood pressure in patient with Takayasu's arteritis.
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.
Sohn
Il-Suk
IS
Cardiovascular Center of Kyunghee East-West Neo Medical Center, 149 Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea. issohn89@hanmail.net
Jang
Suk-Tae
ST
Jin
Eun-Sun
ES
Park
Sung-Min
SM
Cho
Jin-Man
JM
Kwak
Young-Tae
YT
Kim
Chong-Jin
CJ
Park
Hochul
H
Bae
Jong-Hoa
JH
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
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents