18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography As an Imaging Biomarker in a Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort of Patients With Large Vessel Vasculitis.
Peter C GraysonSara AlehashemiArmin A BagheriAli Cahid CivelekThomas R CuppsMariana J KaplanAshkan A MalayeriPeter A MerkelElaine NovakovichDavid A BluemkeMark A AhlmanPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2018)
FDG-PET provides information about vascular inflammation that is complementary to, and distinct from, clinical assessment in LVV. FDG-PET scan activity during clinical remission was associated with future clinical relapse.