Clinical and vascular lesion characteristics of the patients with takayasu arteritis manifested firstly as acute myocardial infarction at onset.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore clinical and vascular lesion characteristics of the patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) manifested firstly as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at onset and to improve the diagnostic rate of TA.

Methods

The clinical and angiographic data of six patients with TA manifested firstly as AMI at onset were retrospectively analyzed.

Results

Of six patients (16-25 years old), 83.33% (five cases) was female, three patients had a history of hypertension and three patients did not have any medical history. One patient had intermittent effort chest tightness. On admission patients all presented with chest pain, dyspnea, hypotension, cardiogenic shock, abnormal electrocardiogram, and elevated cardiac troponin I. The vessel involvement was left coronary main

SUBMITTER: Liu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9929309 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature