Left ventricular apical aneurysm in Takayasu arteritis and chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Karthik RaghuramArun GopalakrishnanKrishna Kumar Mohanan NairNarayanan NamboodiriAjitkumar ValaparambilPublished in: The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (2024)
Left ventricular apical aneurysm with normal epicardial coronaries is a rare cause of heart failure in Takayasu arteritis. Concomitant chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection can potentially accentuate the inflammatory process in Takayasu arteritis and complicate management and patient outcomes.
Keyphrases
- epstein barr virus
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- coronary artery
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- oxidative stress
- left atrial
- drug induced
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention