Hiroshi Furuhata

Publications

• Research Article   
  Surgical Outcome of Takayasu Arteritis: Postoperative Cardiovascular Events Study
  Author(s): Hiroshi Furuhata, Manabu Shiraishi*, Kenichiro Sato and Atsushi Yamaguchi
  
  Objective: Takayasu’s arteritis develops at a younger age than other vascular diseases secondary to atherosclerosis. It was associated with more reoperations and cardiovascular events in the late postoperative period. This study aimed to clarify the surgical and late postoperative outcomes of Takayasu’s arteritis. Methods: Twenty-seven patients, who underwent surgery for Takayasu’s arteritis at the Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, between February 1996 and November 2021, were included. The patient’s ages ranged from 27 to 80 years. There were four males and 23 females. There were four patients with type I disease, ten with type II a disease, four with type II b disease, zero with type III disease, six with type IV disease, and three with type V disease. The surgical outcomes, sur.. Read More»
  

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