GCA and PMR are conditions of older persons that frequently overlap. The traditional
concept of GCA has focused on cranial symptoms such as headache and visual …

Objectives To perform a systematic literature review on imaging techniques for diagnosis,
outcome prediction and disease monitoring in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) informing the …

Objective To assess the clinical value of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission
tomography (PET) in a prospective cohort of patients with large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and …

Objective To compare the efficacy of abatacept to that of placebo for the treatment of giant
cell arteritis (GCA). Methods In this multicenter trial, patients with newly diagnosed or …

2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and
Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease | Circulation Science Volunteer Warning …

Importance Current clinical guidelines recommend selecting diagnostic tests for giant cell
arteritis (GCA) based on pretest probability that the disease is present, but how pretest …

Key Clinical Points Giant-Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica The immune-mediated
diseases giant-cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica occur in patients 50 years of age or …

Systemic vasculitides are multisystem blood vessel disorders, which are defined by the size
of the vessel predominantly affected, namely small, medium, or large vessels. The term …

Objective To provide a single source for the best available estimates of the US prevalence of
and number of individuals affected by osteoarthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell …

Objective Understanding of the personal risks for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other
rheumatic diseases remains poor, despite advances in knowledge with regard to their …