Publications by authors named "M Elfishawi"
Objective: To evaluate the incidence and outcomes of large artery (LA) involvement among patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to compare LA involvement to non-GCA patients.
Methods: The study included Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA residents with incident GCA between 1950 and 2016 with follow-up through 31 December 2020, death or migration. A population-based age-matched/sex-matched comparator cohort without GCA was assembled.
Objectives: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is currently categorized under the small vessel vasculitides. There is limited knowledge about large vessel involvement in AAV (L-AAV), mainly described in case reports and small series. L-AAV can involve temporal arteries (TA-AAV), aorta (A-AAV), and periaortic soft tissue (PA-AAV).
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- This study looked at patients who had surgery on their thoracic aorta (the big artery in the chest) and had a condition called giant cell arteritis (GCA).
- Researchers examined medical records and tissue samples from these patients to learn more about their health.
- They found that many of these patients still had active inflammation in their aorta, even though they seemed to be healthy after their GCA diagnosis, which could lead to serious problems like aortic aneurysm (bulging) or dissection (tearing).