多发性大动脉炎是主动脉及其分支的慢性、进行性、原因不明的动脉炎.本病首先由日本眼科医师高安右人(Takayasus)于1908年报导。病名繁多,目前国外多数报告谓:Takayasu’s病,Takayasu’s动脉炎,主动脉炎综合征,Takayasu’s动脉病和闭塞性血栓性主动脉病,主动脉弓综合征,无脉病,可逆的狭窄,年轻妇女动脉炎。世界各地均有报告,但大部分来自亚洲和非 Polyangiitis is a chronic, progressive, unexplained arteritis of the aorta and its branches.The disease was first reported in 1908 by Japanese ophthalmologist Takayasu. The disease name is numerous, at present the majority of foreign reports that: Takayasu’s disease, Takayasu’s arteritis, aortitis syndrome, Takayasu’s artery disease and occlusive thrombotic aortic disease, aortic arch syndrome, pulse-free disease, reversible stenosis, young women arteritis . Reports have been made around the world, but mostly from Asia and Africa