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Int J Cardiol
; 119(2): 249-50, 2007 Jul 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17064787
ABSTRACT
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an inflammatory arteritis involving large vessels, predominantly the aorta and its main branches. Angina pectoris or myocardial infarction may occur in 3-5% of patients. Symptomatic coronary artery disease may be in rare case the first sign of TA. We describe a case of a young woman in whom acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock and stroke were the initial presentations of TA.