Pulmonary endarterectomy for large vessel pulmonary arteritis mimicking chronic thromboembolic disease

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Küçük M., öncel C. R., Uçar M., YILDIRIM A. B., YILDIZELI B.

Archives of Rheumatology, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.98-101, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5606/archrheumatol.2016.5674
  • Dergi Adı: Archives of Rheumatology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.98-101
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pulmonary endarterectomy, pulmonary hypertension, Takayasu's arteritis, TAKAYASU ARTERITIS, INVOLVEMENT
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

©2016 Turkish League Against Rheumatism. All rights reserved.Takayasu’s arteritis is a chronic, non-specific primary and inflammatory disease of large vessels, especially the aorta and its branches. Although pulmonary artery involvement is common, clinical signs of pulmonary artery involvement as the initial presentation is rare. Considering Takayasu’s arteritis in the early diagnosis is important. In this article, we report a 23-year-old female patient of Takayasu’s arteritis who was treated with successful surgery combined with medical therapy.