A case of Takayasu arteritis with repeated coronary artery restenosis after drug-eluting stent implantation successfully treated with a combination of steroids

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 739-743

  Yokota, Katsuaki ^a   Shimpo, Masahisa ^a   Iwata, Tomohiko ^a   Hirose, Masahiro ^a   Ikemoto, Tomokazu ^a   Ohya, Ken Ichi ^a   Katsuki, Takaaki ^a   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a   Kario, Kazuomi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Restenosis; Steroid; Takayasu arteritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RESTENOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOINTIMA; SIROLIMUS; STEROIDS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859332680     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6344     Document Type: Article

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