Publications by authors named "Jesper Blegvad"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to explore how common late-onset giant cell arteritis (GCA) is within the first year for patients newly diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
- - Researchers used advanced imaging techniques like vascular ultrasonography and FDG-PET/CT scans to monitor PMR patients and confirm findings over a year, leading to the identification of GCA.
- - Results showed a low incidence of late-onset GCA (32 per 1000 person-years) among PMR patients, indicating that subclinical GCA is also rare in the PMR population.
Introduction: Cardiovascular morbidity is a major burden in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, we compare the effect of a targeted, intensified, multifactorial intervention with that of conventional treatment of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with early RA fulfilling the 2010 American College of Rheumatology European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria.
Methods And Analysis: The study is a prospective, randomised, open label trial with blinded end point assessment and balanced randomisation (1:1) conducted in 10 outpatient clinics in Denmark.