TCTAP C-092 Takayasu Arteritis: Endovascular Interventions in a “Repeatedly Falling Patient”

Takayasu arteritis in a young female

Background: Takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis which mainly involves the large arterial vessels. The disease is rare and it is more common in females aged between 15-30 years old. In this paper, we report a case of takayasu arteritis in Babol, north of Iran. Case Presentation: A 22 - year old female was admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases of Rouhani Teaching Hospital...

Endovascular balloon angioplasty versus stenting in patients with Takayasu arteritis

BACKGROUND Symptomatic or significant vascular lesions of Takayasu arteritis (TA) need interventions. Although percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with balloon is a less invasive and safe method, stent implantation in TA can be an alternative option. However, superiority between balloon angioplasty and stenting in TA is not conclusive. METHODS A meta-analysis comparing balloon angioplasty a...

Takayasu arteritis: a review.

Takayasu arteritis is a well known yet rare form of large vessel vasculitis. This review details the history, clinical features, differential diagnoses, classification, and immunology of the disorder. Suppression of inflammation and preservation of vascular competence are the aims of treatment. As with any rare disease, randomised controlled treatment trials are either lacking or based on small...

New endovascular techniques for treatment of life-threatening Takayasu arteritis

Introduction Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a medium-size and large artery vasculitis of unknown aetiology affecting mainly the aorta and its major branches, usually in young female patients. Histopathology reveals adventitial thickening, focal lymphocytic infiltration of the tunica media and intimal hyperplasia leading to artery stenosis/occlusion. Less commonly media degeneration presents as aneu...

Procalcitonin in takayasu arteritis.