Pulseless disease is
Correct Answer: Takayasu's disease
Description: (C) Takayasu's disease # TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS (Pulseless disease)> Clinical: Dizziness, syncope Absent upper extremity pulse (pulseless disease) Blood pressure discrepancy between extremities: Low in upper and higher in lower Visual disturbances> Diagnosis: Angiography# Pulses are commonly absent in the involved vessels, particularly the subclavian artery in Takayasu's.> In Giant cell arteritis patients with involvement of the temporal artery, headache is the predominant symptom and may be associated with a tender, thickened, or nodular artery, which may pulsate early in the disease but may become occluded later.
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