Pan-valvular annular calcification in Takayasu's arteritis: Report of 3 cases

Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic inflammatory arteriopathy. It mainly affe cts the aortic arch and its main branches. The aortic valve annulus and cor onary and pulmonary arteries are rarely affected. Mitral and tricuspid annu lar calcification were not reported previously. We identified mitral annula r calcification by using transthoracic echocardiography in 3 patients with Takayasu's arteritis, in whom none had any of the reported causes of mitral annular calcification. Two of them had concomitant tricuspid and aortic an nular calcification.