Late Diagnosis of Takayasu Disease in a 50-Year-Old African Black Woman with Repeated Episodes of Heart Failure: Seeing the Forest through the Trees—A Case Report
Abstract:Background: First described in 1908, TAK has now been recognized as a non-specific inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, predominantly affecting young females. Sometimes, it progresses into relatively rare and potentially fatal scenarios such heart failure. Case Presentation: Here, we present the case of a 50-year sub-saharan female suffering from acute heart failure related to TAK. Despite constitutional symptoms (fever, malaise, weight loss) and more characteristic features such claudication of lower ext… Show more
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