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Takayasu's arteritis
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Noun1.Takayasu's arteritis - disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
pulseless disease
arteritis - inflammation of an artery
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Coronary artery aneurysms may be congenital, may develop as a result of an underlying congenital coronary artery-pulmonary artery fistula or arteriovenous fistula, or may be formed through trauma, substance abuse (such as cocaine), or inflammatory processes such as periarteritis nodosa, Takayasu disease, or Kawasaki disease.
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Generally, aneurysm of the coronary artery can be congenital or can be secondarily caused by atherosclerosis, inflammatory or infectious disease (Kawasaki disease, Takayasu disease, systemic lupus erythematosis or polyarteritis nodosa, endocarditis, syphilis), connective tissue diseases (Marfan's syndrome or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome), metastatic tumors, or blunt trauma to the chest.
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