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Abstracts tagged "giant cell arteritis and morbidity and mortality"

  • Abstract Number: 1192 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Mortality and Survival of Patients Diagnosed with GCA in Bergen (Western Norway) 1972-2012

    Lene K Brekke1, Andreas P Diamantopoulos1, Bjørg-Tilde Fevang2,3, Jörg Aβmus4 and Clara G Gjesdal3,5, 1Haugesund Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Haugesund, Norway, 2Dept. of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, 3Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 4Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, 5Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in people ³ 50 years of age and the disease is associated with potentially…
  • Abstract Number: 2158 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Mortality Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis from 1980 to 2011: An Analysis of the French National Death Certificate Database

    Achille Aouba1, Solange Gonzalez-Chiappe2, Mireille Eb3, Claire Delmas1, Grégoire Rey3, Alfred Mahr2 and Boris Bienvenu1, 1Internal Medicine, Hospital Caen, Caen, France, 2Internal Medicine, Hospital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, 3Inserm-CépiDc, Hospital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

    Background/Purpose: Data from mostly small cohorts consistently suggest that a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) does not substantially affect survival but GCA- and GCA…
  • Abstract Number: 786 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    The Incidence and Mortality Rates of Giant Cell Arteritis in Southern Norway Are Lower Than Previous Reported

    Andreas P. Diamantopoulos1, Glenn Haugeberg1, Lisa Amundsen2, Elisabeth Wigaard1, Dag Magnar Soldal1 and Geirmund Myklebust1, 1Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, 2Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway

    The Incidence and Mortality rates of Giant Cell Arteritis in Southern Norway are lower than Previous ReportedBackground/Purpose Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common…
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