Abstracts tagged "magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diagnosis"

Abstract Number: 2660 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Rationalizing the Use of MRI of the Scalp Arteries in the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis Through Multivariable Predictive Modelling
Mats Junek¹, Angela Hu ², Karen Beattie ³, Kimberly Legault ³, Stephanie Garner ⁴, Ryan Rebello ³ and Nader A. Khalidi ³, ¹McMaster University, Oakville, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Background/Purpose: It has been historically difficult to develop effective diagnostic strategies and criteria in giant cell arteritis (GCA). While temporal artery biopsy was previously thought…