Abstracts tagged "takayasu arteritis and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 1778 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical and Angiographic Features of Arterial Involvement in Takayasu’s Arteritis and Behcet’s Disease
Su Jin Choi¹, Doo-Ho Lim², Ji Seon Oh¹, Seokchan Hong¹, Yong-Gil Kim¹, Chang Keun Lee¹ and Bin Yoo¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Systemic vasculitis is one of the major manifestations of Behcet’s disease (BD). Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis that primarily affects the aorta…
Abstract Number: 1882 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Takayasu Arteritis in a Nationwide, Retrospective Cohort Study in Japan
Haruhito A. Uchida¹, Yoshikazu Nakaoka², Hajime Yoshifuji³, Takahiko Sugihara⁴, Yoshiko Watanabe⁵, Masayoshi Harigai⁶, Yoshihiro Arimura⁷ and Mitsuaki Isobe⁸, ¹Department of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ²Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵First Department of Physiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan, ⁶Tokyo Women's Medical University, Division of Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Kyorin University School of Medicine, First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) typically affects young women under 40 years old, whereas patients with onset age over 40 years are occasionally observed. It still…
Abstract Number: 2781 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Term Follow-up Results of Takayasu Arteritis Cohort: A Tertiary-Single Center Study
Sema Kaymaz Tahra¹, Fatma Alibaz-Oner¹ and Haner Direskeneli², ¹Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: To assess the clinical characteristics and long term follow-up outcomes of patients with Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) in a tertiary referral center. Methods: In this…
Abstract Number: 1734 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CXCR5+ CD4 T Cells Signature Differentiates Takayasu Arteritis from Giant Cell Arteritis
Anne-Claire Desbois¹, Valentin Quiniou², Patrick Bruneval³, Nicolas Derian², Anna Maciejewski-Duval², Marlène Garrido⁴, Cloé Comarmond⁵, Jacques Pouchot⁶, Michelle Rosenzwajg², David Klatzmann², Patrice Cacoub⁷ and David Saadoun⁸, ¹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France, ²GHPS, Paris, France, ³HEGP, Paris, France, ⁴I3 laboratory, Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁵DHU 2iB Internal Medicine Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases Pitie Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Internal Medicine Department, European Hospital Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ⁸Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To compare microarray gene analysis of patients with Giant cell arteritis to patients with Takayasu arteritis. Methods: We performed comparative microarray gene analysis of…
Abstract Number: 1746 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
mTOR Pathway Activation in Takayasu Arteriti
Cloé Comarmond¹, Aurélie Leroyer², Zeidan Mohamad³, Jean-Pierre Fourez⁴, Fabien Koskas⁵, Philippe Cluzel⁶, Anna Maciejewski-Duval⁷, Marlène Garrido⁸, Patrice Cacoub⁹ and David Saadoun¹⁰, ¹DHU 2iB Internal Medicine Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases Pitie Hospital, Paris, France, ²Hopital de Marseille, Marseille, France, ³Hopital Necker, Paris, France, ⁴Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁵Department of vascular surgery, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, ⁶Department of cardiovascular imagery, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France., Paris, France, ⁷GHPS, Paris, France, ⁸I3 laboratory, Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ¹⁰Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: mTORC1 drives the proinflammatory expansion of T helper (TH) type 1, TH17 cells and controls fibroblast proliferation, typical features of Takayasu arteritis (TA) pathogenesis.…
Abstract Number: 2932 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
mTOR Pathway Is Activated in Endothelial Cells from Patients with Takayasu Arteritis and Is Modulated By Serum IgG
Jérôme Hadjadj¹, Guillaume Canaud², Tristan Mirault³, Maxime Samson⁴, Patrick Bruneval⁵, Alexis Regent⁶, Claire Goulvestre⁷, Veronique Witko-Sarsat⁸, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau⁹, Loïc Guillevin for the French Vasculitis Study Group¹⁰, Luc Mouthon¹¹ and Benjamin Terrier¹², ¹Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hospital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Team Neutrophils and Vasculitis, INSERM U1016, Cochin Institute, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Necker-Enfants Malade, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France AP-HP, Paris, France, PARIS, France, ³Department of Vascular Medicine, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁴Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁵HEGP, Paris, France, ⁶National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Immunology, Hospital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁸Team Neutrophils and Vasculitis, INSERM U1016, Cochin Institute, LABEX Inflamex, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Service de médecine interne Pôle médecine, Hôpital Cochin, Centre de référence maladies auto-immunes et systémiques rares de l’île de France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Auto-Immunes et Auto-Inflammatoires Systémiques Rares, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹¹Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Centre de référence national pour les maladies systémiques autoimmunes rares d’Ile de France, DHU Authors, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France ;Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris, Paris, France, ¹²Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Centre de référence national pour les maladies systémiques autoimmunes rares d’Ile de France, DHU Authors, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TA) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are large-vessel vasculitis characterized by vascular remodelling involving endothelial cells (ECs) and vascular smooth muscle cells,…
Abstract Number: 71 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Critical Role of Interleukin-33 in Promoting Angiogenesis and Regulates Inflammation through Mast Cells in Takayasu Arteritis
Anne-Claire Desbois¹, Patrice Cacoub², Aurélie LEROYER³, Edwige Tellier⁴, Marlène Garrido⁵, Anna Maciejewski-Duval⁶, Cloé Comarmond⁷, Stéphane Barete⁶, Michel Arock⁶, Patrick Bruneval⁸, Jean-Marie Launay⁹, Pierre Fouret¹⁰, Ulrich Blank¹¹, Michelle Rosenzwajg⁶, David Klatzman¹², Mohamed Jarraya¹³, Philippe Cluzel¹⁴, Fabien Koskas¹⁵, Gilles Kaplanski¹⁶ and David Saadoun¹⁷, ¹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ³Faculté de Pharmacie, Marseille, France, ⁴Université Marseille, Marseille, France, ⁵I3 laboratory, Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁶GHPS, Paris, France, ⁷DHU 2iB Internal Medicine Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases Pitie Hospital, Paris, France, ⁸HEGP, Paris, France, ⁹Hôpital lariboisière, Paris, France, ¹⁰Hôpital La Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France, ¹¹Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France, ¹²UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7211, Paris, France, ¹³Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France, ¹⁴Department of cardiovascular imagery, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France., Paris, France, ¹⁵Department of vascular surgery, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, ¹⁶Aix-Marseille Université - Internal Medicine hopital conception - F-13000 Marseilles, Marseille, France, ¹⁷Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Large vessel vasculitis (LVV) include Takayasu arteritis (TA) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). Arterial lesions in LVV result from chronic inflammation and neoangiogenesis. IL-33,…
Abstract Number: 784 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Damage and Predictors of Damage in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Antoine G. Sreih¹, Tanaz A. Kermani², David Cuthbertson³, Simon Carette⁴, Nader A. Khalidi⁵, Curry L. Koening⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Carol A. McAlear⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Larry W. Moreland¹⁰, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Philip Seo¹², Kenneth J. Warrington¹³, Steven R. Ytterberg¹³ and Peter A. Merkel^1,14, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹Rheumatology-Vasculitis clinic, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Information regarding the degree and the predictors of damage in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is limited. This study aimed to characterize damage and…
Abstract Number: 785 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Angiographic Findings in Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis
Antoine G. Sreih¹, Tanaz A. Kermani², David Cuthbertson³, Simon Carette⁴, Lindsy J. Forbess⁵, Nader A. Khalidi⁶, Curry L. Koening⁷, Carol A. McAlear⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Larry W. Moreland¹⁰, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Philip Seo¹², Robert F. Spiera¹³, Kenneth J. Warrington¹⁴, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁴, Carol A. Langford¹⁵ and Peter A. Merkel^16,17, ¹Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹Rheumatology-Vasculitis clinic, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁵Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁶Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose : Longitudinal data on the type, progression, and predictors of arterial lesions in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is limited. This study aimed to…
Abstract Number: 796 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Presentation and Outcome of Large-Vessel Vasculitis Diagnosed between 50 and 60 Years: Case-Control Study Based on 183 Cases
Laure Delaval^1,2, Aurélie Daumas³, Maxime Samson⁴, Mikael Ebbo⁵, Hubert de Boysson⁶, Eric Liozon⁷, Henry Dupuy⁸, Alexis Regent⁹, Mathieu Puyade¹⁰, Daniel Blockmans¹¹, Estibaliz Lazaro¹², Ygal Benhamou¹³, Karim Sacre¹⁴, Alice Bérezné¹⁵, Loïc Guillevin^2,9,16 and Benjamin Terrier^17,18,19, ¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, paris, France, ²Internal medicine, Cochin University Hospital, paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Aix-Marseille Université, La Timone University Hospital, AP-HM, Marseille, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital François Mitterrand, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ⁵internal medicine, Aix-Marseille Université, La Timone University Hospital, AP-HM, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France, ⁷Departement of Internal Medicine, Limoges University Hospital, Limoges, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Pessac, France, ⁹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ¹¹General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, ¹²Department of Internal Medecine and Clinical Immunology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France, ¹³Department of internal medicine, University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁵Department of internal medicine, CHR Annecy-Genevois, Metz-Tessy, France, ¹⁶French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG), Paris, France, ¹⁷Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Centre de référence national pour les maladies systémiques autoimmunes rares d’Ile de France, DHU Authors, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁸Internal Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁹French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG), paris, France
Background/Purpose: Primary large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) include giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TA). Age at onset is commonly used to distinguish GCA and TA.…
Abstract Number: 820 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognostic Value of Positron Emission Tomography in a Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort of Patients with Large Vessel Vasculitis
Peter C. Grayson¹, Sara Alehashemi², Armin Bagheri³, Ali Cahid Civelek⁴, Thomas Cupps⁵, Mariana J. Kaplan⁶, Ashkan Malayeri⁴, Peter A. Merkel⁷, Elaine Novakovich⁸, David A. Bluemke⁴ and Mark Ahlman⁴, ¹National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, ²Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Vasculitis Translational Research Program, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Rheumatology, Georgetown University, Bethesda, MD, ⁶NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, MN, ⁸Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: While several studies have examined the potential of 18F-flurodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to help establish a diagnosis of large vessel vasculitis (LVV),…
Abstract Number: 821 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discrepancies between Clinical- and Imaging-Based Assessments of Disease Activity in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Peter C. Grayson¹, Mark Ahlman², Kathleen Marinelli³, Renee Borchin⁴, Simon Carette⁵, Nader A. Khalidi⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Carol A. McAlear⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Christian Pagnoux⁵, Kenneth J. Warrington¹⁰, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁰ and Peter A. Merkel¹¹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, ²Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: To study the relationship between clinically-determined disease activity and vascular inflammation assessed by positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with TakayasuÕs arteritis (TAK). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 859 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Outcomes of Renal Artery Involvement in Takayasu Arteritis
Seokchan Hong¹, Oh Chan Kwon², Byeongzu Ghang³, Yong-Gil Kim¹, Chang-Keun Lee¹ and Bin Yoo¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Univerisy of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Long-term Outcomes of Renal Artery Involvement in Takayasu Arteritis Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TA) involving the renal artery can result in hypertension, renal dysfunction, and premature…
Abstract Number: 860 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of the Frequency of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis
Fatma Alibaz-Oner¹, Matthew J. Koster², Ali Ugur Unal³, Hale Gulcin Yildirim⁴, Ceylan Cikikci⁴, Cynthia S. Crowson⁵, Ashima Makol⁶, Steven R. Ytterberg⁶, Eric L. Matteson⁶, Haner Direskeneli⁷ and Kenneth J. Warrington⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Accelerated atherosclerosis associated with chronic inflammation is one of the major complications of systemic inflammatory diseases. Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a rare, systemic large-vessel…
Abstract Number: 881 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiopulmonary Involvement in Takayasu Arteritis
David Brennan¹, Kenneth J. Warrington², Jean Schmidt³, Cynthia S. Crowson⁴ and Matthew J. Koster⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Department of Internal Medicine and RECIF, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France, ⁴Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is an inflammatory large-vessel vasculitis of unknown etiology affecting the proximal aorta and its primary branches. Heart disease is a major…

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