Optic complications among hospitalized patients with RA, SLE, and SpA were linked to poor outcomes and higher health care costs, especially among Black and Asian patients.

Although rare, IgG4-RD should be suspected in cases of coronary vasculitis without risk factors for atherosclerosis ... who presented with rapid progression of coronary artery stenosis.” The patient ...

Less frequently occurring vasculitides include Takayasu's arteritis, Goodpasture's disease, microscopic polyangiitis and Henoch–Schönlein purpura, as well as vasculitis secondary to scleroderma ...

Lactobacillus casei cell wall extract (LCWE)-induced coronary arteritis is currently the best animal model for Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease is a multisystem vasculitis and the leading cause ...

Angioplasty is a catheterization procedure that opens arteries blocked or narrowed by a sticky material called plaque. The surgery involves passing a long, thin, flexible tube called a catheter across ...

Although the central retinal artery is not thought to be directly ... and these signs are not specific to any type of vasculitis Often, the development of retinal signs heralds a relapse of ...

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a condition that affects the duodenum — the section of the small intestine that joins the stomach. The syndrome is caused by the compressing of the ...

I have always enjoyed the thrill and discipline of staying fit. I played four sports in high school, was a walk-on quarterback at the University of Alabama and took up running in my 20s. This ...

In a paper recently published in JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, we presented a series of images which summarise the various imaging modalities utilised in the management of Takayasu’s arteritis (TA)—a ...

The effect of adjunctive middle meningeal artery embolization on the risk of treatment failure in this population remains unknown. We randomly assigned patients with symptomatic chronic subdural ...

Large vessel vasculitides (LVV) comprise a group of inflammatory disorders that involve the large arteries, such as the aorta and its primary branches. The cause of LVV is often rheumatologic and ...