Takayasu arteritis is a rare cause of cardiovascular morbidity in the Western world. As consequence, vasculitis may be misdiagnosed and treated as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We present a case of late Takayasu arteritis diagnosis, in a female patient with peripheral artery disease and previous coronary artery bypass grafting. ().
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