Table 3 Long-term outcomes of childhood Takayasu’s arteritis (c-TA) patients
Outcomes | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Event | 45 | 44.6 |
Rehospitalization | 38 | 37.6 |
Death | 3 | 3 |
Heart failure due to mid-aortic stenosis | 2 | 2 |
Myocardial infarction | 1 | 1 |
Vascular complication | 45 | 44.6 |
New occlusion or progressive stenosis requiring revascularization | 37 | 36.6 |
New-onset myocardial infarction | 2 | 2 |
New/progressive heart failure | 5 | 5 |
New/worsening aortic regurgitation | 1 | 1 |
New/worsening aneurysm | 8 | 7.9 |
New-onset stroke/transient ischemic attack | 1 | 1 |
End-stage renal failure | 0 | 0 |
Flare | 27 | 26.7 |
New vascular ischemia or inflammation | 17 | 16.8 |
New angiographic lesions | 49 | 48.5 |
Systematic symptoms | 6 | 5.9 |
Raised acute-phase reactant | 17 | 16.8 |
Duration to outcomes, years | (Median) | (Interquartile range) |
Time to the first event | 1.04 | 0.01–3.53 |
Time to the first rehospitalization | 1.69 | 0.57–4.85 |
Time to the first flare or death | 1.69 | 0.31–4.26 |
Time to the first complication or death | 1.45 | 0.41–4.04 |