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Thoracic aortic ectasia in a patient with Takayasu's disease
D L Cull1, F N Parent, J R Wheeler
1Division of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk.
Annals of Vascular Surgery
|September 11, 1991
Abstract:
Arterial aneurysm formation occurs in 15 to 20% of patients with Takayasu's disease. The timing of surgical intervention of these aneurysms is controversial. A case of ectasia of the descending thoracic aorta in a patient with Takayasu's disease is presented. The diagnosis and timing of surgical intervention of aneurysms associated with Takayasu's disease are discussed.