Imaging modalities for the diagnosis and disease activity assessment of Takayasu's arteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Barra, T Kanji, J Malette, C Pagnoux - Autoimmunity reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Early diagnosis of Takayasu's Arteritis (TAK) and detection of disease
activity may reduce the risk of vascular complications. The objective of this study was to …

Takayasu arteritis: imaging spectrum at multidetector CT angiography

FP Zhu, S Luo, ZJ Wang, ZY Jin… - The British Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Takayasu arteritis is a chronic, idiopathic, inflammatory disease that primarily affects large
vessels, such as the aorta and its major branches and the pulmonary and coronary arteries …

Imaging spectrum of CNS vasculitis

AAK Abdel Razek, H Alvarez, S Bagg, S Refaat… - Radiographics, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Cerebral vasculitis is characterized by inflammation of the walls of blood vessels and may
affect vessels of any size. The pathogenesis of vasculitis remains poorly understood …

Takayasu arteritis: assessment of coronary arterial abnormalities with 128-section dual-source CT angiography of the coronary arteries and aorta

EJ Kang, SM Kim, YH Choe, GY Lee, KN Lee, DK Kim - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate coronary arterial lesions and to assess their correlation with clinical
findings in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) by using coronary computed tomographic …

Development of outcome measures for large-vessel vasculitis for use in clinical trials: opportunities, challenges, and research agenda

H Direskeneli, SZ Aydin, TA Kermani… - The Journal of …, 2011 - jrheum.org
Giant cell (GCA) and Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) are 2 forms of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV)
that involve the aorta and its major branches. GCA has a predilection for the cranial …

Diagnostic approaches for large vessel vasculitides

A Betrains, D Blockmans - Open access rheumatology: research …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The large vessel vasculitides comprise giant cell arteritis (GCA), Takayasu arteritis (TAK),
and chronic periaortitis. The diagnostic approach to these conditions involves the correct …

Imaging in systemic vasculitis

S Prieto-González, P Arguis… - Current Opinion in …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Imaging in systemic vasculitis : Current Opinion in Rheumatology Imaging in systemic vasculitis
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Imaging of intestinal vasculitis focusing on MR and CT enterography: a two-way street between radiologic findings and clinical data

M Amouei, S Momtazmanesh, H Kavosi… - Insights into …, 2022 - Springer
Diagnosis of intestinal vasculitis is often challenging due to the non-specific clinical and
imaging findings. Vasculitides with gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations are rare, but their …

Non-invasive imaging of vascular inflammation

E Ammirati, F Moroni, P Pedrotti, I Scotti… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
In large-vessel vasculitides, inflammatory infiltrates may cause thickening of the involved
arterial vessel wall leading to progressive stenosis and occlusion. Dilatation, aneurysm …

Outcome assessment in Takayasu arteritis

D Nakagomi, D Jayne - Rheumatology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a systemic granulomatous large-vessel vasculitis with a
phenotype that overlaps with GCA and defined by the 1993 and 2012 Chapel Hill …