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Figure 11.  Takayasu arteritis in a 41-year-old woman. Coronal MIP image from contrast-enhanced MR angiography shows occlusive disease involving the major arteries of the aortic arch. The left subclavian artery is occluded just beyond its origin (large white arrow). The left vertebral artery originates from the aortic arch and is stenotic at its origin (small white arrow). The right common carotid artery has a long stenotic segment (small black arrows). The left common carotid artery is stenotic in its proximal segment (large black arrow).