Takayasu vasculitis is a rare type of large vessel vasculitis that primarily affects the aorta and its main branches;signs and symptoms are usually due to systemic inflammation or ischemia of an organ or a limb, depen...
Takayasu arteritis is a chronic, idiopathic, and inflammatory disease that primarily affects large vessels, such as the aorta and its main branches. Much of the literature describing Takayasu arteritis has originated ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81501569
BACKGROUND Takayasu arteritis is a rare but intractable chronic disease in young female patients. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the involved renal arteries has been reported;however, few studies have report...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1300100);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2016-I2M1-002)
Background Anemia is a common comorbidity of patients with Takayasu arteritis(TA). This study evaluated the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and treatment in Chinese TA patients with anemia. Methods This retrospe...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1300100);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2016I2M-1-002)
Background Tuberculosis (TB) infection has been reported to have a possible relationship with the occurrence and clinical course of Takayasu arteritis (TA). We aimed to describe the characteristics of TB in a large po...
BACKGROUND Innominate artery aneurysms (IAAs) are relatively rare. Endovascular therapy has been an alternative to open surgery in some IAA cases, but open repair is still necessary in complicated cases. CASE SUMMARY ...