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Prevalence and characteristics of subclinical giant cell arteritis in polymyalgia rheumatica.

Eugenio de MiguelPierluigi MacchioniEdoardo ConticiniCorrado CampochiaroRositsa KaralilovaSara MontiCristina PonteGiulia KlinowskiIrene Monjo-HenryPaolo FalsettiZguro BatalovAlessandro TomelleriAlojzija Hocevar
Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)
More than a fifth of the pure PMR patients had ultrasound findings consistent with subclinical GCA. This specific subset of patients showed a predilection for extracranial artery involvement. The optimal screening strategy to assess the presence of vasculitis in PMR remains to be determined.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • giant cell
  • ejection fraction
  • chronic kidney disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • prognostic factors
  • computed tomography
  • patient reported outcomes
  • patient reported