AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION OF TAKAYASU ARTERITIS

Takayasu arteritis or pulseless disease is a chronic granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis predominantly affecting the aorta and its branches. The most common presenting vascular symptoms were claudication, reduced or absent pulse, carotid bruit ,hypertension , carotidynia, light headedness and asymmetrical arm blood pressures.Rarely, Takayasu arteritis presents as congestive cardiac failure in 2 percent cases .Here we describe a case of Takayasu arteritis (TA) which presented with congestive cardiac failure and dilated cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary artery involvement.