Increased mortality rate in Takayasu arteritis is largely driven by cardiovascular disease-a cohort study.

Swapnil JagtapPrabhaker MishraUpendra RathoreDarpan R ThakareKritika SinghJuhi DixitTooba QamarManas Ranjan BeheraNeeraj JainManish OraDharmendra Singh BhadauriaSanjay GambhirSudeep KumarVikas AgarwalDurga Prasanna Misra

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)

Patients with TAK had an elevated risk of mortality as compared with the general population. Cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in TAK.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
risk factors
cardiovascular risk factors
coronary artery disease
metabolic syndrome