Insights into Pathogenesis of Takayasus Arteritis

Pre-pulseless and Pulseless Takayasus' Arteritis

The Confused Terminology and Changing Concept of Takayasu's Arteritis In 1908 the Japanese opihthalmologist, Takayasu, reported an unusual wreath-like vascular anastomosis surrounding the optic discs of a young female patient who was nearly iblind, biut who showed 'no general physical changes'. He was unalble to explain this abnormality. Laiter a colleague, Onishi, referred to a similar case wh...

Insights Into Pathogenesis

Takayasus Arteritis in Children: A Developing World Perspective

Received: Nov 25, 2013 Accepted: Dec 03, 2013 Ann Paediatr Rheum 2013;2:134-146 DOI: 10.5455/apr.120320130832 Introduction Takayasus Arteritis (TA) is a large vessel granulomatous vasculitis affecting the Aorta and its main branches. This disease has remained enigmatic since its ocular signs were first described in a young woman, by Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu in 1908 [though it ha...

Takayasus ’ S Arteritis in Pregnancy – a Rare Case Report

Takayasu’s areritis is a chronic inflammatory oblitarative arteritis of unknown aetiology. Anaesthesia in these patients is complicated by uncontrolled hypertension, hypoperfusion of organs and difficulty in BP monitoring due to stenosis and aneurismal dilatation of arteries. This case report is about successful management of a 27 yrs old primigragida with known case of Takayasu’s arteritis, Se...

New insights into the pathogenesis of asthma.

Asthma is a disease whose ability to cause episodic symptomatology has been appreciated since antiquity. Although the fine points of the definition can be debated, it is reasonable to think of asthma as a pulmonary disorder characterized by the generalized reversible obstruction of airflow and to define reversibility as a greater than 12% increase in the patient's forced expiratory volume in 1 ...