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Heart, section through the middle
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Takayasu arteritis

Alternative Names:
Pulseless disease

Symptoms:


Signs and tests:
  • High blood pressure (hypertension)
  • Decreased radial pulses (at the wrist) with normal femoral pulses (groin)
  • Difference in blood pressure between the two arms

There may also be signs of inflammation of the lining around the heart (pericarditis) or inflammation of the lining of the lungs (pleuritis).

Tests:



Review Date: 5/30/2002
Reviewed By: Arinder Chadha, M.D., Rheumatology Department, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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