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KMID : 0858420070090020157
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Korean Journal of Stroke
2007 Volume.9 No. 2 p.157 ~ p.160
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Takayasu Arteritis Associated with Rapidly Progressive Atherosclerosis and Cerebral Infarction
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Kim Chang-Hun
Koh Seong-Ho
Han Gwang-Su
Lee Yong-Joo
Lee Kyu-Yong
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Abstract
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Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory vascular disorder causing stenosis or obstruction of the aorta and its major branches. We experienced a 65-year-old patient with TA combined with rapidly progressive atherosclerosis and cerebral infarction despite the steroid and antiplatelet therapy for the vasculitis. In this case, multifactorial causes including renovascular hypertension, obesity, old age and inflammatory processes of vasculitis may have facilitated the progression of atherosclerosis, resulting in the cerebral infarction. (Korean J Stroke 2007;9:157-160)
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KEYWORD
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Takayasu arteritis, Cerebral infarction, Atherosclerosis
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