Kashmir’s premier tertiary care hospital, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), today achieved a milestone by successfully performing the first direct vascular bypass surgery between ...

In a landmark achievement, doctors at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, have performed the first-ever direct vascular bypass surgery-an STA MCA (superficial temporal artery ...

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), ...

Franciscan Physician Network Vascular Surgeons has brought advanced vascular care and surgery to Major Health Partners in Shelbyville. Dr. Charles Kiell and Dr. Neal Ramchandani will be on-site in ...

Temporal artery biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing GCA. Patients require an individualized steroid tapering schedule to minimize side effects.

5. Positive temporal artery biopsy Biopsy specimen with the artery showing vasculitis characterized by prominence of mononuclear cell infiltration or granulocyte inflammation, often with ...

Dr. Kimberly Trotter distilled four high-impact disease clusters—gout, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus, and vasculitis—into pragmatic lessons meant to shorten length of stay, ...

NAION risk is most significant within the first 12 months of beginning semaglutide, and is highest in patients with additional risk factors.

A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking ...

Novartis said on Thursday that its Cosentyx drug had failed in a late-stage trial on adults with giant cell arteritis (GCA), ...

Novartis NVS announced that a late-stage study of its interleukin-17A inhibitor, Cosentyx (secukinumab), has failed to meet ...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and often originates in atherosclerosis, a chronic condition in which inflammation and fat deposits cause arteries to harden and narrow.