Cardiovascular diseases are a leading health concern in Hong Kong, prompting many to undergo regular heart check-ups for ...

Investigations were done, including imaging studies (CT head) and blood tests (inflammatory markers, CBC, renal profile), and he was seen by a rheumatology specialist. In view of his symptoms and a ...

– RINVOQ (upadacitinib) is now the first and only oral Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitor approved for the treatment of GCA in adults – Also known as temporal arteritis, GCA is the most common vasculitis ...

The objective was to provide a clinical setup for photoacoustic imaging (PAI) of the temporal artery in humans and to describe the challenges encountered and methods of overcoming them. The temporal ...

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 ...

In a prospective study, all patients diagnosed with giant cell arteritis using ultrasound maintained their diagnosis for up to 2 years of follow-up.

Positive findings with color Doppler ultrasound were enough to diagnose giant cell arteritis (GCA) accurately without need for confirmation with temporal artery biopsy (TAB), a prospective study ...

All diagnoses of giant cell arteritis made through temporal artery ultrasound were unchanged at 1 month — and at 2 years, for those with available data — in a study published in Annals of ...

Giant cell arteritis screening tools can be utilized to identify the patients with the most need for temporal artery biopsies.

Our blood vessels carry blood, nutrients, and oxygen around the body. However, they can also succumb to diseases such as giant cell arteritis, in which the blood vessels—generally those in the head ...