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9119520

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
We prospectively performed the follow-up study in 11 female patients with Takayasu arteritis and severe aortic regurgitation by echocardiography. A mean follow-up period was 4 years. The inflammatory state was controlled in all patients. Antihypertensive agents including beta-blocker were administered in nine patients. Heart failure did not progress in all patients except one. No candidate for cardiac surgery appeared during the follow-up period. Aortic root diameter, left atrial, left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic dimensions, wall thickness, left ventricular mass, and percent fractional shortening of the left ventricle showed no significant change in echocardiography. These data indicate that left ventricular disturbance might be slowly progressive in patients with Takayasu arteritis and severe aortic regurgitation. Systemic hypertension and the inflammatory state should be well controlled in managing the patients. beta-blocker might be useful in some patients with Takayasu arteritis and severe aortic regurgitation. Further follow-up is necessary for the decision of the cardiac surgical indication.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0167-5273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54 Suppl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S173-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Four years follow-up study in patients with Takayasu arteritis and severe aortic regurgitation; assessment by echocardiography.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article