Repeated Cranial and Large‐Vessel Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Scans and the Association With Structural Aortic Disease in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Five‐Year Observational Study
Vasculitis activity changed from cranial and large vessel to exclusively large vessel by five years. This may explain the preponderance of early cranial and late aortic complications in GCA. The potential role of long-term DMARDs to mitigate smoldering vasculitis warrants further study.
Authors
- Gita Mathur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6628-163X)
- Claudia M. Hillenbrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8694-2178)
- Anthony M. Sammel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3641-796X)
- Ivan Ho Shon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2036-8190)
- Edward C. Hsiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8924-106X)
- Daniel Moses (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9404-0035)
- Geoffrey Schembri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6814-3636)
- Eva A. Wegner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4434-7183)
- S. Fredericks
- R Laurent
Institutions
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACR Open Rheumatology
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acr2.70006
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.56
Funders
- University of New South Wales
- Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation