Systemic vasculitis are rare heterogeneous disorders potentially involving any organ and
system with a relevant burden of mortality and comorbidity. As in the previous annual …

Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a less common large vessel vasculitis where histopathology of
involved arteries is difficult to access except during open surgical procedures. Assessment …

Diagnosis, prognostic assessment, and monitoring disease activity in patients with large
vessel vasculitis (LVV) can be challenging. Early recognition of LVV and treatment …

Purpose Currently, therapeutic management of patients with Graves' orbitopathy (GO) relies
on clinical assessments and MRI. However, monitoring of inflammation remains difficult …

Background The feasibility and significance of imaging pulmonary artery (PA) remodeling
with 68 Ga-fibroblast activating protein inhibitor (FAPI) in patients with chronic …

Background: Determination of disease activity in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is crucial for
clinical management but challenging. The value of different magnetic resonance imaging …

Pulmonary vasculitis is an uncommon type of vasculitis that may cause pulmonary artery
stenosis with ensuing ischemic damage to lung tissue. 99m Tc–macroaggregated albumin …

While the role of PET in diagnosis large-vessel vasculitis is established, its role in evaluating
disease activity is less clear-cut. PET may be used as an ancillary technique, but a …

Background Delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) is a useful
technique to identify arterial wall inflammation. The aim of this study was to explore the value …

Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a vasculitis that causes inflammation in the arterial walls of large
blood vessels. The complication rate of pulmonary artery lesion in TAK has been reported to …