'Lead pipe'-like stiff aorta with grossly widened pulse pressure in burned-out Takayasu arteritis

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Jul 1;18(7):819. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jex047.

Authors

Eikan Mishima¹, Takehiro Suzuki¹, Junichiro Hashimoto², Takaaki Abe³, Sadayoshi Ito¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
² Medical Center, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Japan.
³ Division of Medical Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sendai, Japan.

PMID: 28369232
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex047

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Ankle Brachial Index
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
Aorta, Thoracic / pathology
Blood Pressure
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
Intermittent Claudication / diagnosis
Intermittent Claudication / etiology
Japan
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
Radiography, Thoracic / methods
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Takayasu Arteritis / complications
Takayasu Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Vascular Stiffness*