The clinical characteristics of Chinese Takayasu’s arteritis patients: a retrospective study of 411 patients over 24 years

• Published in: Arthritis research & therapy Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 107 - 10
• Main Authors: Li, Jing, Sun, Fei, Chen, Zhe, Yang, Yunjiao, Zhao, Jiuliang, Li, Mengtao, Tian, Xinping, Zeng, Xiaofeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 25.05.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aneurysm; Angiography manifestation; Arthritis; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Care and treatment; Carotid artery; Classification; Clinical characteristics; Complications and side effects; Coronary vessels; Diagnosis; Female; Heart failure; Humans; Male; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Minority & ethnic groups; Patients; Retrospective Studies; Rheumatology; Software; Takayasu Arteritis - pathology; Takayasu's arteritis; Tuberculosis; Vein & artery diseases; Veins & arteries; Young Adult; China; Turkey; Asia; Japan; India; Angiography manifestation; Clinical characteristics; Carotid artery; Takayasu’s arteritis; Aneurysm

We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of 411 Chinese Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) patients using a retrospective analysis. We retrospectively reviewed 810 medical charts of patients with a diagnosis of TAK who were admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 1990 to 2014...