– 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 ...

Vascular ultrasound can be useful in the diagnostic investigation of patients with suspected giant cell arteritis. The clinical overlap between polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis raises ...

In the TABUL study (The Role of Ultrasound Compared to Biopsy of Temporal Arteries in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis), 14 pathologists evaluated 30 TABs from patients with ...

Temporal artery ultrasound may effectively serve as a first-line diagnostic tool for giant cell arteritis, potentially replacing the need for invasive biopsies among patients with high clinical ...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell arteritis, Mercy Bechtold, MD, said during her presentation at Kiawah Eye.

Temporal artery ultrasound may effectively serve as a first-line diagnostic tool for giant cell arteritis (GCA), potentially replacing the need for invasive biopsies among patients with high clinical ...

Continuous monitoring The conformal ultrasound patch enables volumetric mapping of the major arteries in the brain and recording of blood flow spectra. The patch consists of an array of piezoelectric ...

Temporal artery ultrasound alone was sufficient to accurately diagnose giant cell arteritis (GCA) in over half of patients in a new prospective study. The findings provide further evidence that ...

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 ...

For patients with high clinical suspicion of giant cell arteritis, color Doppler ultrasound of the temporal artery is feasible as a first-line diagnostic tool.