TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Takayasu Disease A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Marciniak, Bruno A1 - Dalens, Bernard J. Y1 - 2006 N1 - T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications AB - An inflammatory chronic progressive panendarteritis of the aorta that occludes one or more of the large branches of the aortic arch, leading to hypoperfusion of major peripheral organs, including the brain and the spinal cord. Also known as the “pulseless women disease.” Symptoms consist of aphasia, transient hemiparesis, unilateral transient amblyopia or persistent blindness, headache, vertigo, and syncopal attacks. Progressive evolution with poor prognosis. Autoimmune in origin. Affects mostly young women. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58087902 ER -