ARTICLE AUTHORS
ARTICLE INFO
academic journalism

Mitral-Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa Involvement by Takayasu’ Arteritis

AUTHORS

avatar Tahereh Davarpasand 1 , avatar Ali Hosseinsabet 1 , * , avatar Maryam Sotoudeh Anvary 2

1 Cardiology Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Pathology Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

How to Cite: Davarpasand T , Hosseinsabet A , Sotoudeh Anvary M . Mitral-Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa Involvement by Takayasu’ Arteritis. Int Cardio Res J. 2017;8(4):e11684.

ARTICLE INFORMATION

International Cardiovascular Research Journal: 8 (4); e11684
Published Online: December 01, 2014
Article Type: Case Report
Received: April 19, 2017
Accepted: May 25, 2014
READ FULL TEXT

Abstract

 
Takayasu’s arteritis is an inflammatory disease with a variety of manifestations, such as cardiac involvement. We describe a 52-year-old woman with clinical and echocardiographic manifestations mimicking infectious endocarditis, such as periaortic and mital-aortic intervalvular fibrosa abscess with extension to the anterior mitral leaflet. However, no infective tissue was discovered intraoperatively. Pathological evaluation demonstrated Takayasu’s arteritis. To the best of our knowledge, Takayasu’s arteritis can involve mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and imitate infectious endocarditis.

Fulltext

The full text is available in PDF.

References

  • 1.

    The references are available in PDF.

© 2017, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
COMMENTS

LEAVE A COMMENT HERE: