Imaging Characteristics of Takayasu Arteritis
- Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Department of Radiology (Turkey)
Takayasu arteritis is a rare, large-vessel vasculitis in which the nonspecific systemic inflammatory symptoms are followed by inflammation of the aorta and its major branches. The inflammation of this vessel leads to progressive luminal stenosis or aneurysm formation resulting in limb or organ ischemia. Although conventional angiography is still accepted as the gold standard modality, the information obtained is limited to the vessel lumen. Multidetector computed tomographic angiography and magnetic resonance angiography can provide valuable information not only regarding intraluminal pathologies but also concerning the thickening of the vessel wall, which may be the earliest manifestation of the disease.
- OSTI ID:
- 21090850
- Journal Information:
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 30, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9050-5; Copyright (c) 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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