Table III.
Characteristics of coronary artery involvement in Takayasu arteritis based on visualization studies
| Research | Country | Number of patients | Mean age, years | Involvement of coronary artery ostia (%) | Involvement of proximal segments of coronary arteries (%) | Involvement of middle segments of coronary arteries (%) | Involvement of distal segments of coronary arteries (%) | Stenosis/occlusion (%) | Dilation/aneurysm (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endo et al. 2003 [35] | Japan | 130 (81 underwent selective coronary angiography; 31 patients had abnormal coronary angiographic findings) | 41.1 +13.2 | 87.5 (among 24 patients with coronary stenosis) | 12.5 (among 24 patients with coronary stenosis) | – | – | 77.4 | 9.7 (aneurysmal coronary ectasias), 9.7 (coronary artery – bronchial artery anastomoses), 3.2 (combined coronary ectasia and anastomosis) |
| Soto et al. 2011 [36] | Mexico | 18 | 36.8 +12.6 | 68.4 | 26.3 | 5.3 | – | – | – |
| Sun et al. 2013 [14] | China | 45 | 43.5 ±13.5 | 37.4 | 33.3 | 17.2 | 12.1 | – | 0 |
| Kang et al. 2014 [33] | Korea | 111 | 44.0 +13.8 | 28.0 | – | – | – | 36.9 (nonostial coronary arterial stenosis) | 8.1 |
| Yang et al. 2014 [11] | China | 566 | 36.3 ±13.4 | 35.7 | 26.7 | 23.3 | 14.3 | 80.3 | 7.6 |
| Lei et al. 2020 [24] | China | 38 | 32.9 ±2.4 | 44.7 | 55.3 | 57.9 | 34.2 | 97.4 | 15.8 |
| Huo et al. 2022 [23] | China | 94 (188 CAL) | 36.5 ±12.3 | 29.8 | 45.7 | 16 | 8.5 | 94.1 | 5.9 |
CAL – coronary artery lesions.