Surgical treatment of atypical aortic coarctation complicating Takayasu’s arteritis— experience with 33 cases over 44 years Tsuyoshi Taketani, MD, Tetsuro Miyata, MD, Tetsuro Morota, MD, Shinichi Takamoto, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 597-601 (April 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.01.022 Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Patients who underwent surgical treatment for atypical aortic coarctation. Numbers in the parentheses represent operative deaths. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 41, 597-601DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.01.022) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Survival curve, not including hospital deaths, after surgical treatment in 29 patients. The number of patients alive at the beginning of each follow-up period is given in parentheses. The dotted line represents range with standard error of the mean >10%. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 41, 597-601DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.01.022) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Comparison of event-free survival curves of patients with (n = 15) or without (n = 14) postoperative hypertension. A log-rank test showed a significant difference between the two groups. The number of patients alive at the beginning of each follow-up period is given in parentheses. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 41, 597-601DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.01.022) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions