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To characterize aortic regurgitation in patients with Takayasu arteritis, we studied 48 females with arteritis (mean age 47 ± 12 years) by means of color Doppler echocardiography. Aortic regurgitation was confirmed in 32 out of 48 patients (67%) by colorflow mapping. Twenty-four patients had mild or no aortic regurgitation (group A), 9 had moderate (group B), and 15 had severe (group C) aortic regurgitation. We compared the echocardiographic data obtained from patients with Takayasu arteritis with those of 14 normal controls and 9 patients with severe aortic regurgitation of valvular origins (group V). The aortic root diameter (AOD) in group B (23 ± 4 mm/M2) and group C (22 ± 3 mm/M2) revealed a statistically significant large value as compared with that in group A (18 ± 2 mm/M2) and normal controls (17 ± 3 mm/M2). However, the differences, between groups B and C and groups C and V, were not significant. The AOD was not obviously dilated in a considerable number of group C patients. Aortic valve involvement was seen in several group C patients and moderate concentric left ventricular hypertrophy was present in all group C patients. Group C patients therefore, have concentric left ventricular hypertrophy but may or may not have dilatation of the aortic root which can be detected on echocardiography. We conclude that aortic valve involvement may cause aortic regurgitation in some patients with Takayasu arteritis and that aortic regurgitation is more common than previously believed.
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Hashimoto, Y., Oniki, T., Aerbajinai, W. et al. Aortic regurgitation in patients with Takayasu arteritis: Assessment by color Doppler echocardiography. Heart Vessels 7 (Suppl 1), 111–115 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01744555
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