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. 1993 Sep-Oct;4(5):649-52.
doi: 10.1016/s1051-0443(93)71940-5.

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in patients with Takayasu arteritis: five-year experience

M P Fava  1 , G B Foradori, C B García, F O Cruz, J G Aguilar, A S Kramer, F E Valdés
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in patients with Takayasu arteritis: five-year experience

M P Fava et al. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 1993 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: The authors report their 5-year experience with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for treatment of stenoses related to Takayasu arteritis.

Patients and methods: Twenty patients were treated; 12 patients had renovascular hypertension at presentation, three patients had abdominal aortic coarctation syndrome, and five patients had aortoiliac occlusive disease.

Results: The initial success rate for patients with renovascular hypertension was 83%, with a 5-year patency of 33.3%. In patients with abdominal aortic coarctation, initial success rate was 100% but 5-year patency was 33.3%. In patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease, the initial success rate was 100%, with a 5-year patency of 60%.

Conclusion: Despite the high initial success rate for PTA in these patients, the disease recurs in a substantial number of the, due to the fact that this technique does not treat the disease itself but only its consequences.

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