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Name | An Unusual case of Takayasu arteritis with Primary Involvement of Pulmonary Artery presenting as right heart failure |
Description | Case Report:- * Dr. Niranjan M R1, Dr. Shetty shivakumar.M2, Dr. Jayasheelan. M. R3.
1MD, (General Medicine), DNB, MNAMS ,Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Medicine, Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan 573201, Karnataka, India. 2MD, (General Medicine), Professor of Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, India. 3MD, (General Medicine), DNB, Senior resident, Dept. Of Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Abstract :- Takayasu arteritis is a rare chronic large vessel vasculitis primarily affecting the aorta and its main branches. Pulmonary arteries involvement is well described in Takayasu's arteritis. We report the case of a 40-year old male patient with Takayasu arteritis who presented with features of right heart failure and found to have severe left pulmonary trunk stenosis resulting in pulmonary hypertension and also with focal abdominal aortitis causing narrowing of left common iliac artery and resulted in left lower limb ischemia and gangrene, which made him to undergo above knee amputation. In our case the aortic arch and main branches were spared. Though the involvement of pulmonary artery is known, the presentation of features of right heart failure was the rarity in our case.
Keywords:- Takayasu arteritis, aorta, pulmonary artery, right heart failure. |
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