Cardiac manifestation in Takayasu arteritis.
We present two case reports of young women with Takayasu arteritis and cardiovascular complications. The first case is a female patient suffering from significant aortic valve regurgitation, the second case is a woman who presents with amaurosis fugax and develops acute chest pain with heart failure. In this report we review cardiac involvement in Takayasu arteritis.
Weyn
Tim
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Department of Cardiology, ZNA Hospital Middelheim, Lindendreef 1, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium. tim_weyn@hotmail.com
Haine
Steven
S
Van den Branden
Frank
F
Conraads
Viviane
V
D020642:Acatalasia / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans