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Int J Angiol 2016; 25(05): e1-e3
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1347908
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Takayasu Arteritis with Multiple Coronary Artery Fistulas to Bronchial Arteries

Kanber Ocal Karabay
1   Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Emine Altuntas
1   Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ender Uysal
2   Department of Radiology, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ahmet Ozkara
3   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sisli Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Vedat Aytekin
4   Department of Cardiology, Sisli Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Publication Date:
02 July 2013 (online)

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Abstract

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an inflammatory disease that commonly occurs in young females. Coronary involvement occurs rarely and mostly with stenosis. Here, we present a case of TA associated with fistulas between the coronary arteries and the bronchial arteries.

Keywords

Takayasu arteritis - coronary artery - aortic insufficiency
 

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