Comparison of Presentation and Prognosis of Takayasu Arteritis with or without Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) could cause a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in young individuals due to inflammatory vascular occlusion or intracerebral hemorrhage. We compared the clinical presentation, angiographic features, longitudinal patterns of disease activity, medical treatments, and survival in 34 TAK patients with stroke/TIA and 157 without stroke/TIA from a single-center retrospective cohort. TAK patients with stroke/TIA were older (p = 0.044) with a greater proportion of males (p = 0.022), more frequent vision loss (odds ratio (OR) for stroke/TIA vs. without stroke TIA 5.21, 95% CI 1.42-19.14), and less frequent pulse or blood pressure inequality (OR 0.43, 95% CI 0.19-0.96) than TAK patients without stroke/TIA. Hata's angiographic type IIa was more common in

SUBMITTER: Misra DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9697956 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature