A 49-year-old woman with a history of Takayasu's arteritis underwent stent placement of the celiac and mesenteric arteries after unsuccessful balloon angioplasty. Stents may prove to be a beneficial alternative to angioplasty for treatment of the dense fibrotic leslons often associated with this dis
“Pulseless” transcranial Doppler findings in Takayasu's arteritis
✍ Scribed by Sebastian Ameriso; Jacqueline T. Bernard; Mark Fisher; Fred Weaver
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 454 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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