Non-infectious diseases of the aorta and large arteries

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This article describes the various forms of inflammatory lesions of the aorta and large arteries, including chronic periaortitis, as well as the diagnostic methods are considered. Large vessel vasculitis represent the most common entities, however, there is also an association with other rheumatological or inflammatory diseases, drug-induced or paraneoplastic entities. Instrumental imaging modalities play an important role in the diagnosis.

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Tatiana V. Beketova

Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; Central Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic; Moscow Polytechnic University

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Email: tvbek@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2641-9785

д-р мед. наук, вед. науч. сотр. ФГБНУ «НИИ ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой», зав. отд-нием ревматологии с нефрологическими койками и кабинетом терапии генно-инженерными биологическими препаратами ФГБУ «ЦКБ с поликлиникой», проф. каф. инфокогнитивных технологий ФГАОУ ВО «Московский политехнический университет»

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow; Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Selective angiopulmonography in a female patient with Takayasu's arteritis: subtotal stenosis at the orifices and proximal segments of the upper and lower lobe branches of the right pulmonary artery (arrows).

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