Takayasu arteritis

The pulse of the limb is significantly weakened or absent, and the blood pressure is significantly reduced or undetectable. This is called pulseless disease. Pulseless disease is an abnormal arterial pulse. Can be seen in non-cardiovascular diseases, such as external or adjacent blood vessels and other factors cause arteries to compress and thicken the tissues that cover the blood vessels can also occur in pulselessness. Pulselessness provides reliable clues and evidence for the diagnosis of most arterial diseases.

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