Takayasu Arteritis Causing Aortitis and Aortic Regurgitation: A Totally Tubular Case Report

ABSTRACT: Graphical abstract Highlights • Echocardiography is the first-line test to diagnose the presence and cause of AR.• Acute aortic syndromes should be excluded in patients with AR and a thickened aortic root.• Multimodal imaging with cardiac CT and MRI complement TTE and TEE to diagnose secondary causes of AR.• Aortitis is a potentially life-threatening disease, and is a rare cause of AR.

SUBMITTER: Boparai N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887520 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature