Abstracts tagged "imaging techniques and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 2655 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Large Vessel Vasculitis: Diagnosis Is Very Frequent with Ultrasound Examination and Shows Responsiveness to Treatment
Eugenio de Miguel¹, Irene Monjo ², Elisa Fernández ³, Diana Peiteado ⁴, Chamaida Plasencia ⁵ and Alejandro Balsa ⁵, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²FIBHULP-IdiPAZ-Hospital La Paz-Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, ⁵Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz & Rheumatology Department. La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in the elderly. In the EULAR recommendations of 2018 for the use of imaging…
Abstract Number: 2359 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Outcome of Aortic Involvement in GIANT CELL Arteritis (GCA) After 1-Year Follow-up: Prospective Study in 35 Patients Using Computed Tompography Angiography (CTA)
Sergio Prieto-González¹, Pedro Arguis², Ana García-Martínez³, Itziar Tavera-Bahillo¹, Marc Corbera-Bellalta¹, Marco A. Alba¹, Georgina Espígol-Frigolé¹, Ester Planas-Rigol¹, José Hernández-Rodríguez¹ and Maria C. Cid⁴, ¹Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vasculitis Research Unit. Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ²Center for diagnostic imaging, Vasculitis Research Unit. Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Emergency Medicine, Vasculitis Research Unit. Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: 65% of patients with newly diagnosed, biopsy-proven GCA showed radiologic finding of aortitis using CTA in a prospective study of 40 patients. By segments,…