Optimal management of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica [PDF]
, 2012 Rodger CharltonCollege of Medicine, Swansea University, Wales, UKAbstract: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are clinical diagnoses without "gold standard" serological or histological tests, excluding temporal ...
Rodger Charlton, Charlton R
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Beyond the symptoms: Personalizing giant cell arteritis care through multidimensional patient reported outcome measure [PDF]
, 2023 Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the commonest form of systemic vasculitis in people over the age of 50. Published research highlighted the lack of a disease-specific patient reported outcomes (PROMs) for GCA.
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Neurology Clinical Practice, 2014 Temporal or giant cell arteritis is an inflammation of medium and small extracranial vessels that may result in ocular ischemia, an aortitis followed by aortic dissection and peripheral limb ischemia. It should be considered a medical emergency due to the seriousness of end organ damage, in particular visual symptoms.
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High-output cardiac failure due to multiple femoral arteriovenous fistulae
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 A 39-year-old woman presented with symptoms of dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, weight loss, night sweats and fatigue that were present for 3-months.
Mogamat-Yazied Chothia, Amaan Panday
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Outcomes of segmental femoral artery pseudoaneurysm in patients with Behçet’s disease: a single center’s experience [PDF]
Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2019 Background Behçet's disease (BD) is an autoimmune condition that involves multiple systems. The most common arterial manifestation in BD patients is pseudoaneurysm, which has higher frequency than aneurysm formation. Objectives To clarify the importance
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Introduction to PANLAR guidelines: Takayasu's arteritis
Global Rheumatology, 2022 Dr. Emilia Sato speaks about the process to achieve these guidelines and the benefits and impacts expected for the healthcare systems in the region.
Estefania Fajardo , Emilia
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Takayasu's Arteritis in a Patient with Crohn's Disease: An Unexpected Association during Infliximab Therapy [PDF]
, 2010 We report a 20-year-old woman with Crohn's disease (CD) who developed anterior neck pain while being treated with the anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha monoclonal antibody, infliximab.
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Manejo de arteritis de células gigantes en Argentina
Revista Argentina de Reumatología, 2018 Introducción: hasta ahora el diagnóstico de la Arteritis de Células Gigantes (ACG) se ha basado fundamentalmente en la clínica y la biopsia de arteria temporal y el tratamiento en corticoides. En los últimos años, han aparecido nuevos métodos que ayudan
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Cardiogenic shock from acute myocardial infarction induced by large-vessel Arteritis
Heart and Mind, 2018 Coronary artery involvement in large-vessel arteritis is not uncommon, but rarely fatal. Here, we present a case of a young female with arteritis who was admitted to our hospital with acute myocardial infarction-induced cardiogenic shock.
Yanping Liu, Panpan Hao
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Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies [PDF]
, 2019 2019-02Recent epidemiological or immunopathological studies demonstrate the possible association between giant cell arteritis and infectious agents including Chlamydia pneumoniae.
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