<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rizzo, Toni</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">de Boysson, Hubert</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Higher Risk of Aortic Complications in GCA Patients with Positive PET</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014-07-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14-15</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume></record></records></xml>