Mid-aortic syndrome due to Takayasu arteritis in a child with acute decompensated cardiac failure managed by an emergency axillo-external iliac artery bypass: a follow-up case report of long-term outcomes

We present the case of an 8-year-old girl who developed acute decompensated cardiac, respiratory, and renal failures due to the occlusion of the descending aorta secondary to Takayasu arteritis (TA).

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - October 17, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Hirofumi Sugawara, Hitoshi Goto, Daijirou Akamatsu, Yoh Hamada, Ken Tsuchida, Yoshitaro Yoshida, Michihisa Umetsu, Shunya Suzuki, Shinichiro Horii, Norinobu Ogasawara, Hirokazu Takahashi, Tetsuo Watanabe, Takashi Kamei Tags: Case Report Source Type: research