Large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) manifests as inflammation of the aorta and its major branches
and is the most common primary vasculitis in adults. LVV comprises two distinct conditions …

Objectives To update the evidence on imaging for diagnosis, monitoring and outcome
prediction in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) to inform the 2023 update of the European …

Objective To provide evidence‐based recommendations and expert guidance for the
management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) as exemplars of large …

Objectives To update the EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging modalities in
primary large vessel vasculitis (LVV). Methods A systematic literature review update was …

With this document, we provide a standard for PET/(diagnostic) CT imaging procedures in
cardiovascular diseases that are inflammatory, infective, infiltrative, or associated with …

White blood cells activated by either a pathogen or as part of a systemic inflammatory
disease are characterized by high energy consumption and are therefore taking up the …

Purpose Monitoring disease activity in patients with large vessel vasculitis (LVV) can be
challenging.[18F] FDG-PET/CT is increasingly used to evaluate treatment response in LVV …

Objective Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has not been well
studied as a first‐line test for giant cell arteritis (GCA), due, in part, to historical limitations in …

GCA is the most common form of primary systemic vasculitis affecting older people. It is
considered a clinical emergency because it can lead to irreversible blindness in around …

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common type of primary vasculitis in Western countries.
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease …