Abstracts tagged "large vessel vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 801 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Venothromboembolism in Large Vessel Vasculitis
Sankalp V. Bhavsar¹, Nader A. Khalidi², Simon Carette³, David Cuthbertson⁴, Peter C. Grayson⁵, Gary S. Hoffman⁶, Curry L. Koening⁷, Carol A. Langford⁸, Carol McAlear⁹, Larry Moreland¹⁰, Paul A. Monach¹¹, Christian Pagnoux³, Philip Seo¹², Kenneth J. Warrington¹³, Steven R. Ytterberg¹³ and Peter A. Merkel¹⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵NIAMS Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Vasculitis Center, of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹Section of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹²Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) is a recognized characteristic of various systemic vasculitides, particularly small-vessel vasculitis. However, there are no reports describing the frequency of…
Abstract Number: 219 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Of The Sovraortic Arteries: The Potential Role In Monitoring Disease Activity and Response To Treatment In Large Vessel Vasculitis
Giuseppe Germanò¹, Pierluigi Macchioni¹, Niccolò Possemato² and Carlo Salvarani³, ¹Rheumatology Service, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²S.C. Reumatologia, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, I.R.C.C.S., Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Rheumatology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: promising data has been recently published about the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEU) in the diagnosis and follow up of Takayasu arteritis (TA) -1,2-…