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Takayasu arteritis-associated pulmonary hypertension.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the probable pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and therapy of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) in Takayasu arteritis (TA). METHODS A total of 48 patients with TA who had PH, 20 patients with TA who had pulmonary arterial involvement (PA) without PH, and 30 patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) were enrolled in the study fro...
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Takayasu arteritis is a chronic vasculitis of unknown origin. Its incidence is low in the United States and Europe (1 to 3 new cases per year per million population) (9,17,28). Sporadically, association between Takayasu arteritis and inflammatory bowel disease has been described, both in Crohn’s disease (5-7, 13, 15,17,19,23,29,31,32,38,40,41,43,50,52,54) and ulcerative colitis (1,3,4,8,14,22,2...
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Takayasu arteritis is an inflammatory disease that affects large vessels, especially the aorta and its branches. The clinical features of the disease depend on which arteries are affected. Although pulmonary artery involvement is common, only rarely is this the main clinical manifestation. We describe the case of a young woman with dyspnea who had severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to Taka...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2468-0249
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.281