Giant Cell Aortic Arteritis

Aortitis is a term which encompasses inflammatory changes to the aortic wall from various pathogenic etiologies. Large vessel… Expand

ZusammenfassungInfektiöse Aortitiden stellen ein sehr seltenes, aber lebensbedrohliches Krankheitsbild dar. Aufgrund der… Expand

Aortic dissection is a very serious condition mainly caused by degenerative diseases of the connective tissue and hypertension… Expand

We describe the case of a 40-year-old man who presented with an ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve regurgitation. The… Expand

Giant cell (temporal) arteritis is a vasculitis that affects large and medium-sized arteries in persons 50 years of age and older… Expand

A 67-year-old man well while receiving steroid therapy for giant cell arteritis, developed symptoms of ischemic heart disease and… Expand

Seventy two consecutive patients with severe isolated aortic regurgitation were evaluated by preoperative echocardiographic and… Expand

Extracranial giant cell arteritis occurs in 10% to 15% of patients with temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Aorta and… Expand

The detailed clinical findings of a 65-year-old woman who developed aortic regurgitation caused by giant cell aortitis are… Expand

Syphilitic heart disease is a misnomer, for the basic lesion in syphilitic heart disease is an aortitis. This, in turn, consists… Expand