title: Cardiomyopathy as one of the less frequent manifestations of Takayasu's arteritis.
abstract: The authors present the case of a young woman with newly diagnosed Takayasu's arteritis. This woman, with arterial hypertension, was investigated for the unspecific symptoms at the beginning. Afterwards, the transthoracic echocardiography showed dysfunction of the left ventricle and the abdominal sonography showed a stenosis of the right renal artery. PET/CT scan showed chronic modification after inflammatory processes on the wall of the thoracic and abdominal aorta. This case report should be instructive to other clinicians and refers to the necessity to remember this rare disease in our country too.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. lucka.horakova@email.cz
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Horáková
authors.forename: Radek
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pudil
authors.forename: Zbynek
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hrncír
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vizd'a
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult