Concurrent coronary artery and subclavian arterial aneurysms in Takayasu arteritis

Concurrent coronary artery and subclavian arterial aneurysms in Takayasu arteritis

Background Aneurysmal coronary artery involvement and subclavian artery aneurysm are extremely uncommon in Takayasu arteritis. Case presentation We present a case with concurrent coronary artery and subclavian artery aneurysms. Conclusions This case report stresses multimodality and multisystem imag...

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Veröffentlicht in:Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021-09, Vol.52 (1), p.233-4, Article 233
Hauptverfasser: Ayyappan, Anoop, Gopalakrishnan, Arun, Pitchai, Shivanesan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abdomen
Aneurysms
Atherosclerosis
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Carotid arteries
Case Report
Computed tomography
Consent
Coronary artery aneurysm
Coronary vessels
Heart attacks
Imaging
Left main coronary artery aneurysm
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
Radiology
Rheumatology
Subclavian artery aneurysm
Takayasu arteritis
Thrombosis
Vein & artery diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Background Aneurysmal coronary artery involvement and subclavian artery aneurysm are extremely uncommon in Takayasu arteritis. Case presentation We present a case with concurrent coronary artery and subclavian artery aneurysms. Conclusions This case report stresses multimodality and multisystem imaging in Takayasu arteritis to know the disease load in the patient and to know the possibility of a rare type of involvement (medium and large vessel) in Takayasu arteritis patient.
ISSN:2090-4762
0378-603X
2090-4762
DOI:10.1186/s43055-021-00621-y