Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common type of primary vasculitis in Western countries.
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease …

Abstract Purpose of Review To discuss and summarize the latest evidence on imaging
techniques in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK). This is a report on the …

Importance Current clinical guidelines recommend selecting diagnostic tests for giant cell
arteritis (GCA) based on pretest probability that the disease is present, but how pretest …

Objectives Ultrasound of temporal and axillary arteries may reveal vessel wall inflammation
in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). We developed a ultrasound scoring system to …

Objectives To assess the sensitivity to change of ultrasound halo features and their
association with disease activity and glucocorticoid (GC) treatment in patients with newly …

Objectives We evaluated sensitivity to change and discriminative abilities of vascular US
scores in disease monitoring in the follow-up of a prospective cohort of new-onset cranial …

Objectives To analyse the current evidence for the management of large vessel vasculitis
(LVV) to inform the 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations. Methods Two systematic …

Background: Color Duplex sonography (CDS) of temporal arteries and large vessels (LV) is
a recently validated diagnostic methodology for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). CDS combined …

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Vision is often threatened or lost by acute ischemic damage to the
optic nerves. Such pathology most often affects the anterior portion of the nerve and is …

Objectives To compare the ultrasound characteristics with clinical features, final diagnosis
and outcome; and to evaluate the halo size following glucocorticoid treatment in patients …