Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis With Takayasu's Arteritis: Coincidence or Association?

Abstract

A 23-year-old female presented with shortness of breath, and later on diagnosed as rheumatic mitral stenosis. She was also found to have stenosed brachiocephalic trunk, right common carotid artery, right subclavian artery and narrowed descending thoracic aorta secondary to Takayasu’s arteritis. Hence, an etiological relation between the two may be suspected.




Clin Infect Immun. 2017;2(1):16-18
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cii62e