Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia

Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a rare cause of ascending aortic aneurysm. We present here a 50-year-old patient who was clinically diagnosed with annuloaortic ectasia. She was successfully treated by Bentall′s operation. Histopathologically, the findings were of GCA. GCA should be suspected when olde...

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Main Authors: Shetty Kailkere Padma, Mundayat Gopalakrishnan, K Sajitha, B D Impana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Heart India
Subjects:
Annuloaortic ectasia
aortic regurgitation
giant cell arteritis
Online Access:http://www.heartindia.net/article.asp?issn=2321-449x;year=2014;volume=2;issue=3;spage=86;epage=87;aulast=Padma
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spelling doaj-28dd0f60b32b49da941c680535a0304f2020-11-24T23:01:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsHeart India2321-449X2014-01-0123868710.4103/2321-449x.140234Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasiaShetty Kailkere PadmaMundayat GopalakrishnanK SajithaB D ImpanaGiant cell arteritis (GCA) is a rare cause of ascending aortic aneurysm. We present here a 50-year-old patient who was clinically diagnosed with annuloaortic ectasia. She was successfully treated by Bentall′s operation. Histopathologically, the findings were of GCA. GCA should be suspected when older women presented with aortic aneurysm and continued surveillance of remaining aorta is necessary.http://www.heartindia.net/article.asp?issn=2321-449x;year=2014;volume=2;issue=3;spage=86;epage=87;aulast=PadmaAnnuloaortic ectasiaaortic regurgitationgiant cell arteritis
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author Shetty Kailkere Padma
Mundayat Gopalakrishnan
K Sajitha
B D Impana
spellingShingle Shetty Kailkere Padma
Mundayat Gopalakrishnan
K Sajitha
B D Impana
Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia
Heart India
Annuloaortic ectasia
aortic regurgitation
giant cell arteritis
author_facet Shetty Kailkere Padma
Mundayat Gopalakrishnan
K Sajitha
B D Impana
author_sort Shetty Kailkere Padma
title Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia
title_short Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia
title_full Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia
title_fullStr Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia
title_full_unstemmed Giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia
title_sort giant cell arteritis causing annuloaortic ectasia
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Heart India
issn 2321-449X
publishDate 2014-01-01
description Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a rare cause of ascending aortic aneurysm. We present here a 50-year-old patient who was clinically diagnosed with annuloaortic ectasia. She was successfully treated by Bentall′s operation. Histopathologically, the findings were of GCA. GCA should be suspected when older women presented with aortic aneurysm and continued surveillance of remaining aorta is necessary.
topic Annuloaortic ectasia
aortic regurgitation
giant cell arteritis
url http://www.heartindia.net/article.asp?issn=2321-449x;year=2014;volume=2;issue=3;spage=86;epage=87;aulast=Padma
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