RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Successful pregnancy in a patient with Takayasus arteritis
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1250
OP 1253
VO 24
IS 11
A1 Al-Ghamdi, Aisha A.
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/11/1250.abstract
AB This report describes a case of Takayasus arteritis in a 19-year-old Palestinian female. She conceived after diagnosis. Her pregnancy was complicated by uncontrolled hypertension, which was not associated with other markers of disease activity. Despite aggressive medical treatment, cesarean section had to be carried out at 34 weeks of pregnancy because of uncontrolled hypertension. A live fetus was borne, and her blood pressure was subsequently controlled with a single antihypertensive agent.