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A case of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with falsely normal blood pressure in patient with Takayasu’s arteritis
- Source :
- Heart and Vessels. 23:209-213
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2008.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Takayasu's arteritis
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Blood Pressure
Constriction, Pathologic
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Young Adult
Recurrence
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Arteritis
Stroke
Antihypertensive Agents
business.industry
Vascular surgery
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Takayasu Arteritis
Cardiac surgery
Treatment Outcome
Blood pressure
Echocardiography
Hypertension
Cardiology
Female
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Radiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Vascular Surgical Procedures
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16152573 and 09108327
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Heart and Vessels
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0d42116750ac5327ad308844c90eb723