[A case report of corrected hypertension after surgical revascularization for Takayasu's disease associated with severe hypertension].

A 59 year old woman presenting with headache subsequently diagnosed as having Takayasu's disease associated with marked systemic hypertension of 290/120 was operated on. She had a 90% constriction of the right renal artery, 70 mmHg pressure gradient across coarctation of abdominal aorta and severe calcification of thoracic and abdominal aorta. In order to correct the hypertension and the coarctation, right axilla-femoral artery and renal artery revascularization were performed. Study carried out one year later showed blood pressure 160/80 and no pressure gradient between upper and lower extremities.