Cardiomyopathy as One of the Less Frequent Manifestations of Takayasu’s Arteritis

Horáková, Lucie; Pudil, Radek; Hrnčíř, Zbyněk; Vižďa, Jaroslav

doi:10.14712/18059694.2016.43

Acta Medica > Archive > 2011, Vol. 54 > Issue 4 > Cardiomyopathy as One of the Less…

Acta Med. 2011, 54: 167-169

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.43

Cardiomyopathy as One of the Less Frequent Manifestations of Takayasu’s Arteritis

Lucie Horáková^a, Radek Pudil^a, Zbyněk Hrnčíř^b, Jaroslav Vižďa^c

^a1st Department of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^bRheumatological Unit – 2nd Department of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^cDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received April 27, 2011
Accepted October 27, 2011

The authors present the case of a young woman with newly diagnosed Takayasu’s arteritis. This woman, with arterial hypertension, was investigated for the unspecific symptoms at the beginning. Afterwards, the transthoracic echocardiography showed dysfunction of the left ventricle and the abdominal sonography showed a stenosis of the right renal artery. PET/CT scan showed chronic modification after inflammatory processes on the wall of the thoracic and abdominal aorta. This case report should be instructive to other clinicians and refers to the necessity to remember this rare disease in our country too.