Tag: vasculitis

In a 37 year-old woman with Takayasu’s arteriopathy angiography revealed occlusion of right coronary artery (RCA), brachiocephalic trunk and left carotid artery (LCA), as well as aortic regurgitation. She underwent a complex cardiovascular surgery consisting of aortic valve implantation, RCA grafting and implantation of vascular bifurcated graft anastomosed between ascending aorta and brachiocephalic trunk and LCA...

Zapalenia naczyń (vasculitis) obejmują wiele różnorodnych schorzeń, których wspólną i charakterystyczną cechą są nacieki zapalne orazzmiany martwicze w ścianie naczyń krwionośnych w różnych częściach ciała [1–3]. Komórkami zapalnymi są: neutrofile, eozynofile, limfocyty, komórki olbrzymie i plazmatyczne...

Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare, systemic necrotising small and middle-sized vessel vasculitis, accompanied by blood eosinophilia, eosinophil infiltration of various tissues and bronchial asthma. Cardiac injury caused by myocardial eosinophilic infiltration and/or vasculitis in CSS seems to be very common. Active inflammatory process accompanied by myocardial fibrosis has been described in this population even despite disease remission...