Does Takayasu arteritis differ between children and adolescents? Insights from a Russian multicenter cohort

Table 7 Clinical characteristics of three deceased patients

Parameter	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3
Sex	Male	Male	Female
Age at onset, years	5	11	8
TA type (Hata et al[25])	IIb	IV	V
ITAS2010/ITAS.A at diagnosis	11/14	4/6	6/12
Follow-up, months	57	4	88
Time from onset to surgery, months	57	3	12
Surgery reason	Bilateral critical renal artery stenosis	Bilateral critical renal artery stenosis	Bilateral critical renal artery stenosis, abdominal aorta stenosis
Cause of death	Multi-organ failure, sepsis	Multi-organ failure, sepsis	Rupture of aortic anastomotic aneurysm
bDMARDs	Yes	No	Yes

TA: Takayasu arteritis; bDMARDs: Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.