Large Vessel Vasculitis
Settings and artefacts relevant for Doppler ultrasound in large vessel vasculitis
... Ultrasound is used increasingly for diagnosing large vessel vasculitis (LVV). The application of Doppler in LVV is very different from in arthritic conditions. This paper aims to explain the most ...
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Large Vessel Vasculitis Occurring in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient under Anti-TNF Therapy
... vessels. Vasculitis is classified as primary (idiopathic) or secondary to infections, connective tissue diseases and drugs but can also be considered as a paraneoplastic ...
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Management of Takayasu arteritis: a systematic literature review informing the 2018 update of the EULAR recommendation for the management of large vessel vasculitis
... with vasculitis, including 41 with TAK, found that circulating Th1 cytokines (IFN-γ, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)- alpha, IL-2) significantly decreased with GC treatment, but the same could not be shown for Th17 ...
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High mobility group box 1 levels in large vessel vasculitis are not associated with disease activity but are influenced by age and statins
... LVV: large vessel vasculitides; MCP-1: monocyte 369 chemoattractant protein-1; MMP-9: matrix metalloproteinase 9; PMR: polymyalgia 370 rheumatica; RANTES: regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed ...
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Systematic literature review informing the 2018 update of the EULAR recommendation for the management of large vessel vasculitis: focus on giant cell arteritis
... that vasculitis may still be demonstrated on repeated biopsies obtained after 3 (n=10), 6 (n=12), 9 (n=9) or 12 months (n=9) of GC therapy but with decreasing probability: 70% at 3 months, 75% at 6 months, 44% at ...
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Significant association between clinical characteristics and changes in peripheral immuno phenotype in large vessel vasculitis
... Compared to the immuno-phenotypes in HCs, the number of Th, Tfh, CD8 + T, CD14 ++ CD16 + intermedi- ate monocytes, and neutrophils were elevated in patients with GCA and/or TAK. A recent report by our group also found ...
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Definitions and reliability assessment of elementary ultrasound lesions in giant cell arteritis: a study from the OMERACT Large Vessel Vasculitis Ultrasound Working Group
... From 550 submitted images and videos, 150 images and videos were selected by the facilitator for the web-based reliability exercise: 20 videos of axillary arteries, 20 still images of axillary arteries, 45 videos of ...
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Imaging in diagnosis, outcome prediction and monitoring of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic literature review and meta analysis informing the EULAR recommendations
... Results Forty-three studies were included (39 on giant cell arteritis (gca), 4 on takayasu arteritis (taK)). Ultrasound (‘halo’ sign) at temporal arteries (8 studies, 605 patients) and Mri of cranial arteries (6 studies, ...
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Insights into imaging of aortitis
... identify vasculitis in patients referred for whole-body imaging for constitutional symp- toms and fever of unknown origin, as well as to monitor treatment response ...the vessel wall is charac- teristic of ...
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Giant cell arteritis: a review
... Abstract: Giant cell arteritis is the most common vasculitis in Caucasians. Acute visual loss in one or both eyes is by far the most feared and irreversible complication of giant cell arteritis. This article ...
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Leukoaraiosis Attenuates Diagnostic Accuracy of Large Vessel Occlusion Scales
... and vessel imaging. We used the following large-vessel occlusion scales: the 3-Item Stroke Scale; Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination; Rapid Arterial Occlusion Evaluation; ...
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Explosibility Of Hydrogen-Air Mixtures In Large Spherical Vessel
... The ignition system installed in the Vessel has two brass electrodes (3 mm diameter) connected to a circuit which produces an electrical spark. The spark generating system has three units: variable capacitor bank ...
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Outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care units for acute manifestation of small vessel vasculitis: a multicenter, retrospective study
... Despite increased use, intensivists do not routinely pre- scribe immunosuppressive therapies for the management of severe vasculitis. In the ICU, their prescription in in- stances of multiple organ failure could ...
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Severity of Leukoaraiosis in Large Vessel Atherosclerotic Disease
... Our study aimed to determine whether pre-existing large- vessel stenosis predicted WMH severity independent of AIS subtype. We demonstrated that extracranial carotid stenosis was associated with higher WMHV ...
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Crescentic poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis accompanied by small vessel vasculitis: case report of an elderly male
... Poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (PSAGN) in the elderly tends to have a poor prognosis. In severe cases, cellular crescents and necrosis are observed in addition to endocapillary hypercellularity in the ...
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Implementation of a Large Transportable Vacuum Insulated Cryogenic Vessel
... Cryogenic vessel is effectively saying insulated strain vessel which is used to store cryogenic liquid at cryogenic temperature which is – ...cryogenic vessel for storing and transporting the ...
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Enactment of a Large Transportable Vacuum Insulated Cryogenic Vessel
... • Aceves S.M.et al. worked on high pressure and evalution of insulated pressure vessel for cryogenichydrogen storage. The work described in this paper directed at verifying that commercially availablepressure ...
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Autoantibodies in vasculitis
... small vessel vasculitis (SVV) necessitate close collaboration between many different specialities in clinical medicine, as well as pathology and immunology experts, if an early and precise diagnosis is to ...
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Effect of electro acupuncture on lateralization of the human swallowing motor cortex excitability in healthy subjects: study protocol for a single blind, randomized controlled trial
... Ten acupuncture points are used clinically to treat OD. Previous studies suggest that deep needling at Lianquan (CV 23) combined with other swallowing-related acu- puncture points such as Jinjin (EX-HN 12) and Yuye ...
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<p>Small vessel disease to subcortical dementia: a dynamic model, which interfaces aging, cholinergic dysregulation and the neurovascular unit</p>
... More recent studies have suggested an important role for the autonomic nervous system in the maintenance of cerebral perfusion. 260–262 It has been suggested that choli- nesterase inhibitors modulate cerebral vascular ...
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