Feature | No. (%*) |
---|---|
Coronary involvement | 45 (7.7) |
Cardiac symptoms | |
Angina | 40 (88.9) |
Acute myocardial infarction | 11 (24.4) |
Previous myocardial infarction | 4 (8.9) |
Heart failure | 11 (24.4) |
General symptoms and signs | |
Hypertension | 24 (53.3) |
Pulseless disease | 24 (53.3) |
Peripheral vascular murmur | 32 (71.1) |
Dizziness or syncope | 15 (33.3) |
Heart murmur | 12 (26.7) |
Risks of atherosclerosis | |
Hyperlipidemia | 3 (6.7) |
Diabetes mellitus | 3 (6.7) |
Smoking | 7 (15.6) |
Alcohol | 3 (6.7) |
Laboratory findings | |
Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate | 27 (60.0) |
Elevated C-reactive protein | 23 (51.1) |
Electrocardiogram findings | |
ST-T ischemic change | 35 (77.8) |
Pathologic Q wave | 18 (40.0) |
Echocardiography findings | |
Segmental left ventricular wall motion abnormality | 10 (22.2) |
Left ventricular enlargement | 11 (24.4) |
↵* Representing the proportion of 45 cases with coronary involvement accounting for all the 587 patients with Takayasu arteritis.