RT Book, Section
A1 Bissonnette, Bruno
A1 Luginbuehl, Igor
A1 Engelhardt, Thomas
SR Print(0)
ID 1164086142
T1 Takayasu Disease
T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861789
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164086142
RD 2024/04/20
AB An  inflammatory  chronic  progressive  panendarteritis  of  the  aorta  that  occludes  one  or  more  of  the  large  branches  of  the  aortic  arch,  leading  to  hypoperfusion  of  major  peripheral  organs,  including  the  brain  and  the  spinal  cord.  It  is  also  known  as  the  “pulseless  women  disease.”  Symptoms  consist  of  aphasia,  transient  hemiparesis,  unilateral  transient  amblyopia  or  persistent  blindness,  headache,  vertigo,  and  syncopal  attacks.  Progressive  evolution  with  poor  prognosis  is  the  norm.  It  is  autoimmune  in  origin.  It  affects  mostly  young  women.