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KMID : 1149520200040010034
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Cardiovasclar Imaging Asia
2020 Volume.4 No. 1 p.34 ~ p.36
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Surviving Takayasu's Arteritis-A Young Girl with Long Segment Stenosis of the Descending Thoracic Aorta and Myocarditis
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Abas Sharipah Intan Shafina Syed
Ramli Kama Azira Awang
Tiong Koh Ghee
Mohammed Yusri
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Abstract
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We report the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with heart failure symptoms that were treated as dilated cardiomyopathy. The echocardiogram showed a dilated left ventricle, poor ejection fraction, and long segment narrowing of the descending thoracic aorta. A cardiac CT further supported this finding; hence, the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis was proposed. The cardiac MRI revealed a non-ischemic pattern in delayed gadolinium enhancement at the lateral left ventricular wall. She was given steroidal therapy due to vasculitis but was later referred for stenting of the stenosed descending thoracic aorta.
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KEYWORD
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Takayasu's arteritis (TA), Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI), Vasculitis, Delayed gadolinium enhancement
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