Aortic & peripheral vascular disease
Current and Future Treatments for Takayasu Arteritis: Toward Cardiovascular Risk Modification
Authors' conclusion
Despite recent progress, clinical management remains limited by diagnostic uncertainty, heterogeneous treatment approaches, and a paucity of high-quality randomized controlled trials.
Study context
- Population
- Takayasu arteritis (TAK), a rare immune-mediated large-vessel vasculitis affecting predominantly young women
- Outcome
- Treatment of Takayasu arteritis and CV risk reduction (narrative review)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Relapse rates are high with glucocorticoids and conventional immunosuppressive therapies; current strategies fail to adequately mitigate future CV risk
- CV morbidity increasingly recognised as a major contributor to mortality in TAK
- Clinical management limited by diagnostic uncertainty, heterogeneous treatment approaches and a paucity of high-quality RCTs
Original publication
Current and Future Treatments for Takayasu Arteritis: Toward Cardiovascular Risk Modification. Circulation. Published 26 January 2026. doi:10.
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