A retrospective cohort study to assess PET-CT findings and clinical outcomes in Takayasu arteritis: does 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in arteries predict relapses?

The objective of this study is to investigate the use of PET-CT scan with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) as a method to predict outcomes in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK), as well as to analyze associations between 18F-FDG PET-CT findings with disease relapses, sustained remission, new angiographic lesions, ischemic events, and changes in therapy for TAK. At baseline assessment, 36 TAK patients underwent 18F-FDG PET-CT scan and maximal standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in arteries ≥ 1.3 was predictive for clinical disease activity.

Takayasu arteritis: assessment of response to medical therapy based on clinical activity criteria and imaging techniques.

In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study we included 52 patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) who were on regular follow-up at the Vasculitis Unit of Universidade Federal de São Paulo between 2003 and 2009. The mean age at study was 38 years and the mean age at diagnosis was 29 years. Patients were followed for a mean 74.

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and endothelin-1 levels in Takayasu arteritis patients.

The objective of this study was to evaluate traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients. Twenty-two TA patients and 37 controls were evaluated. TA patients had a higher prevalence of hypertension (63.