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

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), ...

An alternative diagnostic method could improve early detection and treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to ...

Aim: To establish the histological and immunohistochemical parameters that are helpful in recognising temporal arteritis in patients who have been treated with steroids before biopsy, and to analyse ...

Although enthusiasm for transradial access for neurointerventional procedures has grown, a unique set of considerations bear emphasis to preserve safety and minimize complications. In the first part ...

Background: Gray-Scale Median (GSM) analysis of carotid artery stenosis allows quantification of plaque echogenicity, correlates with histology and showed an association with symptoms and cerebral ...

The Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) technology is an important imaging modality used in realistic clinical practice, it is often combined with coronary angiography (CAG) to diagnose coronary artery ...

Strategies for improvement of blood flow by promoting new vessel growth in ischemic tissue are being developed. Recently, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEU) imaging has been used to assess tissue ...

Results of the meta-analysis (pooled estimates) for ultrasound and MRI signs of vasculitis in comparison with clinical diagnosis or temporal artery biopsy as reference standard for giant cell ...

Echocardiography, PET, axillary artery ultrasound and MRI may also be appropriate in individual cases suspected of large-vessel disease. Bone mineral density measurement may be required.

Temporal artery biopsy is not positive in all patients with GCA. Imaging modalities like TA ultrasound, PET-CT and MRI will help in those with biopsy-negative GCA and suspected large-vessel disease.

BACKGROUND Controlled clinical trials have reported treatment effects evaluated with serial imaging in coronary and femoral but not cervical arteries. The Cholesterol Lowering Atherosclerosis Study, a ...