Takayasu`s arteritis is a well-known systemic disease that involves the aorta, major aortic branches, and pulmonary arteries. Conventional catheter angiography remains the gold standard for disease diagnosis, in correlation with clinical data and laboratory findings. Multislice computed tomography angiography (MSCTA) has the advantage of non-invasively providing the angiographic data and combin...

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a multisystem disease with necrotizing vasculitis of middle and small sized arteries. Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare nonspecific inflammatory disease with unknown cause, predominantly affecting the aorta and its main branches. There has not yet been a consensus on graft choice for patients with vasculitis syndromes. Here, we report one case with PAN and the othe...

We sought to assess late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) of the coronary artery wall and ascending aorta in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) compared to patients with stable CAD. Our findings suggest that LGE of the coronary artery wall can be demonstrated in patients with TA and seems to be similarly pronounced as in CAD patients. The observed coronary LGE seems rather unspecific and differe...

C. Geoffrey Lau,1 Yukihiro Takayasu,1 Alma Rodenas-Ruano,1 Ana V. Paternain,2 Juan Lerma,2 Michael V. L. Bennett,1 and R. Suzanne Zukin1 1Rose F. Kennedy Center, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, and 2Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Miguel Hernández, 0355...

Received: December 14, 2017 Revised: January 09, 2018 Accepted: January 25, 2018 Abstract: Introduction: Suspicion on the association between Takayasu Arteritis (TA) and Tubcerculosis (TB) has been in vogue for years. Prevalence of TB in TA is reported to be higher. We aimed to study innate immune responses in patients with TA on exposure to Trehalose-6,6dibehenate (TDB), a synthetic analogue o...

Takayasu arteritis (TA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are uncommon chronic granulomatous disorders affecting the large arteries and the gastrointestinal tract, respectively. At least 40 occurrences of these two conditions in the same patient have been reported in the literature, raising the possibility of an association between them. We report the coexistence of TA and CD in a young Maltese patient ...

miniature synchrotron MIRRORCLE-6X Joop van Heekeren, a) Alexander Kostenko, a) Takayasu Hanashima, Hironari Yamada, Sjoerd Stallinga, S. Erik O erman, and Lucas van Vliet 1)Quantitative Imaging Group, Department of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, Netherlands 2)Photon Production Laboratory Ltd, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, S...

Acute heart failure due to myocarditis is not common in Takayasu arteritis, let alone in combination with thrombosis affecting both ventricles and pulmonary arteries. The concomitant infection of non-tuberculosis mycobacterium further complicates the clinical scenario and poses challenges for implementation of tailored treatments. This case report describes a teenage girl with a history of inte...

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the aorta and its major branches. It is seen predominantly in females during the second and third decades of life, although it can occur in childhood. The aetiology of TA remains unknown. To date, familial cases of TA have been considered rare; however, a review of the literature suggests that cases are accumulating. We report a ...