Prevalence and distribution of vascular calcifications at CT scan in patients with and without large vessel vasculitis: a matched cross-sectional study.

Giulia Besutti Chiara MarvisiPamela MancusoRoberto FarìFilippo MonelliMatteo RevelliRexhep DurmoElena GalliFrancesco MuratoreLucia SpaggiariMarta OttoneStefano LuminariPierpaolo PattaciniPaolo Giorgi RossiCarlo Salvarani

Published in: RMD open (2023)

When compared with patients without LVVs, LVVs patients have higher calcifications in the thoracic arteries, but not in coronary and abdominal arteries.

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