Association of 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography Activity With Angiographic Progression of Disease in Large Vessel Vasculitis.
Kaitlin A QuinnMark A AhlmanHugh D AlessiMichael P LaValleyTuhina NeogiJamie MarkoElaine NovakovichPeter C GraysonPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2022)
Development of angiographic change was infrequent in this cohort of patients with LVV. A lack of baseline FDG-PET activity was strongly associated with stable angiographic disease. In cases of angiographic progression, change was preceded by the presence of FDG-PET activity.