Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects large vessels, predominantly the aorta and main branches, leading to vessel wall thickening, fibrosis and stenosis. Cardiac and vascular symptoms are also commonly present at disease onset. In TA with thoracic or abdominal invo...
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| author | Aytekin Alcelik Sevim Karacay Ismail Necati Hakyemez Busra Akin Serkan Ozturk Haluk Savli |
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| description | Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects large vessels, predominantly the aorta and main branches, leading to vessel wall thickening, fibrosis and stenosis. Cardiac and vascular symptoms are also commonly present at disease onset. In TA with thoracic or abdominal involvement, although murmur can be present as a physical examination finding, the pulse difference may be absent. Here, we mention a case of TA who initially looked like infective endocarditis and had widespread thoracic murmur. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-302b0cfd2761490a93ee4bb500cf3a622025-01-02T01:42:23ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062011-09-0131e2011040e201104010.4084/mjhid.2011.040214Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective EndocarditisAytekin AlcelikSevim KaracayIsmail Necati HakyemezBusra AkinSerkan OzturkHaluk SavliTakayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects large vessels, predominantly the aorta and main branches, leading to vessel wall thickening, fibrosis and stenosis. Cardiac and vascular symptoms are also commonly present at disease onset. In TA with thoracic or abdominal involvement, although murmur can be present as a physical examination finding, the pulse difference may be absent. Here, we mention a case of TA who initially looked like infective endocarditis and had widespread thoracic murmur.http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/322Takayasu arteritisvasculitiswidespread thoracic murmurinfective endocarditis. |
| spellingShingle | Aytekin Alcelik Sevim Karacay Ismail Necati Hakyemez Busra Akin Serkan Ozturk Haluk Savli Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases Takayasu arteritis vasculitis widespread thoracic murmur infective endocarditis. |
| title | Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis |
| title_full | Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis |
| title_fullStr | Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis |
| title_short | Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis |
| title_sort | takayasu arteritis initially mimicking infective endocarditis |
| topic | Takayasu arteritis vasculitis widespread thoracic murmur infective endocarditis. |
| url | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/322 |
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