Aortoarteritis and Cardiomyopathy

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
An interesting association between aortoarteritis syndrome (Takayasu''s arteriopathy) and congestive cardiomyopathy was described for the 1st time. The severe congestive heart failure in 3 of 4 cases was not associated with hypertension. Morphologic features of the heart in all cases were characteristic of congestive cardiomyopathy, while in the aorta and its branches, anatomical changes were those of aortoarteritis. An etiopathogenic relationship between the 2 conditions is likely to be present in these cases.

This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit: