A 23-year-old woman with fever, myalgia and anorexia presents with hypertension and a cool, ischemic left arm. Angiography shows multiple stenoses of the subclavian and renal arteries. The following is/are true:

d. Preferred management consists of corticosteroids

The presentation is most suggestive of Takayasu arteritis which tends not to involve the coronary arteries. A variety of operations have been used in these patients but endarterectomy is not recommended because of a high incidence of early failure. The preferred management is corticosterioids.