Background GCA is a large vessel vasculitis affecting older people, with the highest
incidence among persons 70–79 years of age [1]. Due to forecasted demographic changes …

Importance Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are related
inflammatory disorders occurring in persons aged 50 years and older. Diagnostic and …

Objective To provide evidence‐based recommendations and expert guidance for the
management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) as exemplars of large …

GCA and PMR are conditions of older persons that frequently overlap. The traditional
concept of GCA has focused on cranial symptoms such as headache and visual …

Objectives To perform a systematic literature review on imaging techniques for diagnosis,
outcome prediction and disease monitoring in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) informing the …

GCA is the most common form of primary systemic vasculitis affecting older people. It is
considered a clinical emergency because it can lead to irreversible blindness in around …

Meaningful progress in our understanding and clinical approach to primary angiitis of the
CNS (PACNS) has been made in the past three decades. Increased recognition of PACNS …

Objectives To update the evidence on imaging for diagnosis, monitoring and outcome
prediction in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) to inform the 2023 update of the European …

Purpose To assess the diagnostic accuracy of contrast material–enhanced magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging of superficial cranial arteries in the initial diagnosis of giant cell …

Nuclear medicine imaging procedures play an important role in the assessment of
inflammatory diseases. With the advent of 3-dimensional anatomic imaging, there has been …