Clinical characteristics of over 40 years old patients with takayasu's arteritis
WAN Jin
PAN Li-li
CI Wei-ping
GUO Yan-qin
TANG Xue
WANG Tian
Abstract：Objective To explore the clinical features of takayasu's arteritis (TA) in over 40 years old patients.Methods We retrospectively analyzed manifestations and tests in 53 TA patients.Results Onset age in 17％ patients was over 40.Fever and chest pain were found in first-visit over 40 years old patients (P ＜ 0.05).Laboratory tests showed no differences between young and middle age patients.Patients over 40 had less renal artery,abdominal aortic and multiple vascular involvement (P ＜ 0.05).Thoracic aorta involvement was an independent risk factor of elevated blood pressure (P ＜ 0.05) ; ascending aorta involvement was an independent risk factor of aortic regurgitation (P ＜ 0.01) and combined aneurysm formation (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Early diagnosis and treatment are important for TA in over 40 years old patients.
Keywords：Takayasu's arteritisAge featuresClinical researchRetrospective study
Publication Date：2013-08-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1058-1060 )