Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology, Lee and Susan Mollan, MBChB, FRCOphth, PhD, debated this ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. GCA diagnoses made via temporal artery ultrasound were ...

Temporal artery biopsy has been the standard for diagnosing giant cell arteritis (GCA), but vascular ultrasound, a procedure that's less invasive, less time-intensive, less expensive, and more ...

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Other major complications of GCA include stroke, MI, aortic aneurysm, and visceral organ infarcts due to the occlusion of large arteries. 1,4 While early diagnosis and treatment may decrease the ...

Positive findings with color Doppler ultrasound were enough to diagnose giant cell arteritis (GCA) accurately without need for confirmation with temporal artery biopsy (TAB), a prospective study ...

The most common types of LVV are giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK). The main feature of both is chronic inflammation of the arteries. Rapid management is key to preventing damage ...

The final 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR Classification Criteria for Giant Cell Arteritis. Credit: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2022). DOI: 10.1136/ard-2022-223480 Giant cell ...

In one study of 161 patients with biopsy-proven GCA followed up for 11 years, the prevalence of visual ischemic complications was 26.1% and the prevalence of irreversible blindness, mainly due to ...

While not used to guide treatment, ESR and CRP typically normalize within two to four weeks after initiating therapy. 2,4 Minor increases in ESR can occur during the prednisone taper, but this does ...