Patients from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are more likely to undergo temporal artery biopsy (TAB) but are not at increased risk for biopsy-confirmed giant cell arteritis (GCA), ...

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If GCA is suspected, I collaborate with our vascular surgeons to arrange for a temporal artery biopsy, ideally a three centimeter segment to account for skip lesions, which are classic in GCA, which ...

Mollan S, et al. Debate 2: Temporal artery (TA) ultrasound should replace TA biopsy in GCA. Presented at: Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology; April 4-5, 2025; Seville, Spain.

Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

Objectives To determine the incidence rate (IR) of myocardial infarction (MI), relative risk of MI, and impact of incident MI on mortality in individuals with biopsy-confirmed giant cell arteritis ...

Mortality rates among patients with GCA in Spain are similar to that of the general population, with older age and male sex linked to higher mortality.

Objectives To study the epidemiology and mortality in patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) in southern Sweden. Methods The study area was the County of Skåne. Patients with a ...

Background Vascular inflammation persists in temporal artery biopsy (TAB) of giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients even after prolonged glucocorticoid (GC) therapy. We aimed to evaluate the histological ...

Although its role has been debated, temporal artery biopsy (TAB) remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of cranial giant cell arteritis (GCA). The specificity of TAB is excellent and the ...