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- Title
A case of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with falsely normal blood pressure in patient with Takayasu’s arteritis.
- Authors
Il-Suk Sohn; Suk-Tae Jang; Eun-Sun Jin; Sung-Min Park; Jin-Man Cho; Young-Tae Kwak; Chong-Jin Kim; Hochul Park; Jong-Hoa Bae
- Abstract
This is a case of full-blown Takayasu’s arteritis in a young woman complicated with recurrent strokes, which was diagnosed late, after echocardiographic examination identifying concentric left ventricular hypertrophy of unknown cause and falsely normal blood pressure due to arterial stenoses in all four limbs. Herein we describe this interesting and instructive case with a short review of literature.
- Subjects
LEFT heart ventricle; ARTERIAL diseases; HYPERTROPHY; BLOOD pressure; YOUNG women
- Publication
Heart & Vessels, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 3, p209
- ISSN
0910-8327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00380-008-1045-x