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Review
. 2008 May;23(3):209-13.
doi: 10.1007/s00380-008-1045-x. Epub 2008 May 17.

A case of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with falsely normal blood pressure in patient with Takayasu's arteritis

Il-Suk Sohn  1 , Suk-Tae Jang, Eun-Sun Jin, Sung-Min Park, Jin-Man Cho, Young-Tae Kwak, Chong-Jin Kim, Hochul Park, Jong-Hoa Bae
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A case of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with falsely normal blood pressure in patient with Takayasu's arteritis

Il-Suk Sohn et al. Heart Vessels. 2008 May.

Abstract

This is a case of full-blown Takayasu's arteritis in a young woman complicated with recurrent strokes, which was diagnosed late, after echocardiographic examination identifying concentric left ventricular hypertrophy of unknown cause and falsely normal blood pressure due to arterial stenoses in all four limbs. Herein we describe this interesting and instructive case with a short review of literature.

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