Treatment of Takayasu's aortitis with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and wall stent--a case report.

Abstract

The authors describe a young woman who developed severe toxemia during pregnancy, requiring emergency lower segment cesarian section at 27 weeks of gestation. Postpartum angiography showed a discrete stenotic lesion of the abdominal aorta proximal to the origin of the renal artery. Angioplasty was performed, followed by the insertion of a wall stent at the site of the stenosis. Her hypertension control improved dramatically after the stenting. This is, so far, the first reported case using a wall stent following angioplasty to relieve abdominal aortic stenosis due to Takayasu's arteritis.

• Authors: Y M Wang, G Y Mak, K N Lai, S F Lui
• Journal: Angiology (Angiology) Vol. 49 Issue 11 Pg. 945-9 (Nov 1998) ISSN: 0003-3197 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9822053 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Angioplasty, Balloon
• Aorta, Abdominal
• Aortic Diseases (etiology, therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular (therapy)
• Stents
• Takayasu Arteritis (complications, diagnosis)