Case reportBlood Pressure Measurements in Patients With Takayasu Arteritis: A Work of Caution
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Takayasu arteritis is a rare inflammatory vascular disease affecting the aorta and its branches, with an annual incidence of 0.4 to 1 cases per million [1, 6]. Carotid and subclavian involvement is common, but only one case report has described a combination of subclavian steal syndrome and syncope in this disease [7].
As mentioned above, hypertension is frequent in this disease. Nevertheless, when the subclavian arteries are affected, brachial measurement of arterial pressure alone is
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