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ReviewJournal of applied biomedicine2019

Takayasu arteritis - epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment.

Dominika Podgorska, Rafal Podgorski, David Aebisher, Piotr Dabrowski

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Review in Journal of applied biomedicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Isolated pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu arteritis: case report and review of the literature.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dominika PodgorskaClinical Provincial Hospital No. 2, Department of Rheumatology, Rzeszow, Poland.
Rafal PodgorskiUniversity of Rzeszow, Centre for Medical and Natural Sciences Research and Innovation, Rzeszow, Poland.
David AebisherUniversity of Rzeszow, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Immunology, Rzeszow, Poland.
Piotr DabrowskiClinical Provincial Hospital No. 2, Department of Rheumatology, Rzeszow, Poland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Takayasu disease belongs to the group of autoimmune vasculitis which most often affects the aorta and its branches. It is rare, and it mainly affects young women. Recent epidemiologic studies suggest that Takayasu arteritis is being increasingly recognized in Europe. The first symptoms are non-specific and an early diagnosis is difficult and requires clinical awareness and suspicion. Patients with Takayasu arteritis often present increased inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, but systemic inflammatory response does not always show a positive correlation with inflammatory activity in the vessel wall. Therefore, imaging studies play a principal role in diagnosis and control of the disease. Glucocorticoids remain the most effective and serve as a cornerstone first line treatment. Immunosuppressive drugs play an important role as well, and biological therapy is increasingly being included in the treatment. This article describes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnostics and treatment of this rare disease, so as to alert clinicians because disease left untreated can lead to narrowing and even closure of vital blood vessels. The most common Takayasu arteritis complications include pulmonary thrombosis, aortic regurgitation, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular events, vision degeneration or blindness, and hearing problems.

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Autoimmune vasculitisInflammatory markersLarge vessel vasculitisTakayasu arteritis

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