title: [A rare cause of pulmonary hypertension: bilateral pulmonary artery involvement and stent restenosis due to Takayasu arteritis].
abstract: A 53-year-old female patient was admitted with dyspnea and fatigue. On transthoracic echocardiography, systolic pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) was measured as 90 mmHg, and right heart catheterization revealed pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary angiography demonstrated bilateral pulmonary artery stenosis, and the diagnosis was determined as Takayasu arteritis. Balloon angioplasty was performed under corticosteroid and immunosuppressive treatment. In this case report, we describe a patient in whom bilateral pulmonary artery stenosis developed due to Takayasu arteritis, and we discuss the patient in light of the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. gtacoy@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Gülten
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taçoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abacı
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Baran
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Önal
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seminur
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haznedaroğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akdemir
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005221:Fatigue; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy