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Subclavian and carotid angioplasties for Takayasu's arteritis
Journal of the Canadian Association of Radiologists
|September 1, 1982
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Takayasu
Area of Science:
- Vascular Surgery
- Interventional Cardiology
Background:
- Takayasu's arteritis is a large vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta and its branches.
- Stenosis in the carotid and subclavian arteries can lead to significant ischemic symptoms.
Abstract:
A patient with Takayasu's disease and stenoses of the left common carotid and subclavian arteries presenting with unilateral episodic blindness and arm claudication was treated by transluminal angioplasty. Dilatation of the subclavian lesion by the femoral route and the carotid lesion through a carotid arteriotomy has resulted in relief of symptoms without morbidity.