Usefulness of angioplasty in a patient with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis and severe stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Angioplasty*
• Biopsy
• Colon / blood supply
• Constriction, Pathologic / drug therapy
• Constriction, Pathologic / pathology
• Constriction, Pathologic / surgery*
• Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Female
• Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy
• Giant Cell Arteritis / pathology
• Giant Cell Arteritis / surgery*
• Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
• Humans
• Ileum / blood supply
• Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
• Mesenteric Artery, Superior / pathology
• Mesenteric Artery, Superior / surgery*
• Prednisolone / therapeutic use
• Treatment Outcome