Takayasu arteritis initially mimicking infective endocarditis
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Tarih
2011
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Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects large vessels, predominantly the aorta and its main branches, leading to vessel wall thickening, fibrosis and stenosis. Cardiac and vascular symptoms are also commonly present at disease onset. In TA with thoracic or abdominal involvement, although murmur can be present at physical examination, the pulse difference may be absent. Here, we report a case of TA who initially resembled infective endocarditis and had widespread thoracic murmur.
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Takayasu Arteritis, Cardiac and Vascular Symptoms, Endocarditis
Kaynak
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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N/A
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Q2
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3
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1