Aortic stenosis concomitant with microscopic polyangiitis: a challenge in medical reasoning and thinking

• Autori principali: Paulo Sampaio Gutierrez (Autore), Vera Demarchi Aiello (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: University of São Paulo, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is part of the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-related vasculitis, which usually presents as renal pulmonary syndrome. It is defined as a pauci-immune necrotizing small vessel vasculitis, which usually affects the kidneys, followed by the lungs. It also p...