Cañas C A, Jimenez C A, Ramirez L A, Uribe O, Tobón I, Torrenegra A, Cortina A, Muñoz M, Gutierrez O, Restrepo J F, Peña M, Iglesias A
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santaf é de Bogotá.
Int J Cardiol. 1998 Oct 1;66 Suppl 1:S73-9. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00153-3.
Takayasu arteritis has been recognized in Colombia just recently, and so far we do not have any report concerning its presentation here. In this first report, some issues related to the presentation of the disease are indicated and compared with those found in the medical literature. No differences were found in age and sex. Most of the cases were diagnosed during an inactive phase of the disease with advanced manifestations due to vascular lesion which suggests the existence of some genetic factor influencing such a presentation, or may be the consequence of a delay in diagnosing the disease during initial and active stages due to not suspecting it. Comparing the vessels which are affected among other races and countries, we can find both differences and similarities. With the purpose of discovering the demographic, clinical, angiographic and laboratorial characteristics of Takayasu arteritis in Colombia, the present study was carried out by studying 35 clinical cases in different medical centers of the country.
高安动脉炎在哥伦比亚最近才被认识到，到目前为止我们还没有关于其在当地表现的任何报告。在这份首次报告中，指出了与该疾病表现相关的一些问题，并与医学文献中发现的问题进行了比较。在年龄和性别方面未发现差异。大多数病例是在疾病的非活动期被诊断出来的，伴有因血管病变导致的晚期表现，这表明存在某种影响这种表现的遗传因素，或者可能是由于在疾病的初始和活动阶段没有怀疑而导致诊断延迟的结果。比较其他种族和国家中受影响的血管，我们可以发现差异和相似之处。为了发现哥伦比亚高安动脉炎的人口统计学、临床、血管造影和实验室特征，本研究通过研究该国不同医疗中心的35例临床病例进行。
