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  • Title: Iliorenal bypass for the treatment of type-3 Takayasu's disease. A case report with 10-year follow-up.
    Author: Mingoli A, Sapienza P, di Marzo L, Sciacca V, Burchi C, Cavallaro A.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino); 1999 Feb; 40(1):49-53. PubMed ID: 10221385.
    Abstract:
    The case of a 16-year old female with severe renovascular hypertension resulting from type-3 Takayasu's arteritis is reported. The entire thoracic and abdominal aorta was affected by an active inflammatory process and all its branches were stenotic or occluded. After the early failure of a percutaneous balloon angioplasty of the left renal artery, an iliac to renal artery bypass graft using a reversed autologous saphenous vein was performed through a retroperitoneal tunnel The patient is asymptomatic and the graft is patent at 10-year follow-up.
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