RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rizzo, Toni
T1 Higher Risk of Aortic Complications in GCA Patients with Positive PET
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 17
SP 14
OP 15
DO 10.1177/155989771417006
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/17/14.2.abstract
AB Aortic complications are an important cause of death in patients with giant-cell arteritis (GCA). Extracranial involvement of large vessels in patients with GCA probably is underdiagnosed. 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) offers good sensitivity for the detection of large vessel involvement in patients with GCA [Blockmans D et al. Arthritis Rheum 2006; Besson FL et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2011]. The objectives of this study were to characterize large vessel involvement using PET in a cohort of patients with GCA, describe the patients who had aortic complications, and identify factors associated with aortic complications.