[Aortoarteritis complicated by aortic insufficiency (with an analysis of 10 cases)]

Ten cases of aortic regurgitation in the patients with aortoarteritis in our group were studied during the period 1958-1988. Nine out of 10 patients with aortoarteritis were performed by aortography. The incidence of aortic regurgitation is 2.2 per cent in 450 patients with aortoarteritis. In all the patients with aortic regurgitation diastolic murmurs were heard in the aortic valves. X-ray findings showed dilatation of ascending aorta with aortic regurgitation in 10 patients and enlargement of left ventricle in 7 patients. Subclavian artery and carotid artery were involved in all patients. Descending aorta or abdominal aorta were also involved in 6 of them. Two patients with angina pectoris were studied by coronary arteriography and the coronary arteries were normal. Clinically, these cases should be differentiated from aortic regurgitation of other etiology.