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Serial imaging changes during treatment of Takayasu arteritis with pulmonary artery stenosis.
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PMID:  19299026     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Most cases of chronic stenosis or occlusive lesions of the pulmonary arteries are attributed to thromboembolism, and pulmonary arteritis is extremely rare as the primary cause of these entities. We report a case of pulmonary stenosis and occlusion caused by Takayasu arteritis. The patient was a 54-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea. Total occlusion of the left pulmonary artery and significant stenosis of the right pulmonary artery caused by Takayasu arteritis were confirmed by various imaging modalities including pulmonary angiography, (18)fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. After 6 weeks of steroid therapy, follow-up imaging studies showed that the stenotic lesion had resolved.
Authors:
Kenya Kusunose; Hirotsugu Yamada; Noriko Tomita; Susumu Nishio; Toshiyuki Niki; Koji Yamaguchi; Kunihiko Koshiba; Shusuke Yagi; Yoshio Taketani; Takashi Iwase; Takeshi Soeki; Tetsuzo Wakatsuki; Masashi Akaike; Masataka Sata
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-03-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of cardiology     Volume:  148     ISSN:  1874-1754     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-22     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8200291     Medline TA:  Int J Cardiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  e47-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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