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Increased risk of thoracic aortic complications among patients with giant cell arteritis: a nationwide, population-based cohort study.

Philip TherkildsenAnnette de ThurahBerit Dalsgaard NielsenIb Tønder HansenNikolaj EldrupMette NørgaardEllen-Margrethe Hauge
Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2022)
Patients with GCA have a markedly increased risk of developing thoracic AA and AD, but no increased risk of abdominal AA.
Keyphrases
  • giant cell
  • spinal cord
  • aortic valve
  • risk factors
  • left ventricular
  • pulmonary artery
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • aortic dissection
  • atrial fibrillation
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension