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A Worldwide Vascular Entity

Rodolfo T. Domingo, MD; Tomas P. Maramba, MD; Luis F. Torres, MD; Sigmund A. Wesolowski, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1967;95(5):780-790.

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THE original report of Takayasu in 1908 described unusual changes in the central retinal vessels. Subsequent reports in Japan and Europe, as summarized by McKusick,¹ led to the acceptance of Takayasu's syndrome as an entity to indicate primary occlusive arteritis of the arch of the aorta. Such an entity has also been termed pulseless disease,² aortic arch arteritis,³ aortic arch syndrome,⁴ and young female arteritis of aortic arch syndrome.⁵

In recent years, parallel with greater insight and more aggressive diagnostic approaches to vascular problems, reports show that a similar form of arteritis exists which is not confined to the aortic arch and its branches. It is of interest to note that such cases which have heretofore been considered of distinctly Asian origin^6-13 affect the preatherosclerotic age group. The pathology in these reports is purely occlusive in nature and involves primarily the abdominal aorta and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Manila; New York

From the Department of Surgery, Philippine General Hospital and Surgical Research Laboratory, (Dr. Domingo) and Department of Pathology (Dr. Maramba), University of the Philippines; Department of Surgery, Philippine General Hospital (Dr. Torres), Manila; and State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, and L.G.H. Laboratory, Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, New York (Dr. Wesolowski).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 26, 1967.

Read before the 15th Scientific Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Cardiovascular Society, Atlantic City, NJ, June 16, 1967.

Reprint requests to 375 E Main St, Bay Shore, NY 11706 (Dr. Domingo).

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