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Clinical manifestations and longterm outcome for patients with Takayasu arteritis in China
Lirui Yang1, Huimin Zhang2, Xiongjing Jiang1
1From the Hypertension Division, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital; National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.L. Yang, MD, PhD; H. Zhang, MD; X. Jiang, MD; Y. Zou, MD, PhD; F. Qin, MD; Y. Liu, MD, PhD; H. Wu, MD; L. Song, MD, PhD; L. Xu, MD, PhD; T. Guan, MD; X. Zhou, MD, PhD; J. Bian, MD; R. Hui, MD, PhD; D. Zheng, MD, Hypertension Division, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital; and the National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.
Objective:
To describe a large cohort of patients with Takayasu arteritis in China.
Methods:
We retrospectively analyzed 566 patients hospitalized in Fuwai Hospital between 2002 and 2013. Data collected were clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, angiographic features, treatment, and longterm outcome.
Results:
The female to male ratio was 3.8 to 1, and the mean age of onset was 28.9 ± 12.0 years. The most common inflammatory symptom, initial symptom, and coexisting disease were fever (52, 9.2%), dizziness (214, 37.8%), and hypertension (HTN; 392, 69.3%), respectively. Pulmonary artery, coronary artery involvement, and aortic regurgitation were found in 83 (14.7%), 66 (11.7%), and 181 (36.7%) patients, respectively. Elevation of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was observed in 131 patients (23.1%). Treatment included drugs, interventional therapy, autologous blood vessel transplant, artificial blood vessel transplant, and aortic valve replacement. During a mean followup of 5.0 ± 0.2 years, 32 patients died, including 1 patient who died suddenly during coronary angiography. HTN, major complications, and a progressive disease course were significant prognostic markers.
Conclusion:
HTN, rather than fever, is the leading reason for patients with Takayasu arteritis to see a doctor in China. HTN, major complications, and a progressive disease course are statistically significant predictors of survival. Because of cardiovascular events associated with the disease, early diagnosis and treatment are urgent to improve prognosis.
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