Vertebral artery involvement in giant cell arteritis: Symptoms, treatment and outcome
One-third-of patients with cranial GCA were VA+, 19 % of whom had vertebrobasilar stroke, of which most had severe VA occlusive disease. Significant rates of stenosis progression and recurrent stroke therefore call for early intensive immunosuppressive treatment.
Authors
- Johann Lambeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4078-778X)
- Nils Venhoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-2759)
- Christoph Strecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5383-9369)
- Cornelius Weiller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-5714)
- Axel Schläger
- Matthias Reinhard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4529-8491)
Institutions
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108260
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04