ClinRheumatol(@ClinRheumatol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Both CRP and ESR are important in the diagnosis of ; occurrence of this disease with normal acute phase reactants is unusual but does not rule out the diagnosis.
Find out more about with normal inflammatory markers 👉rdcu.be/b8wty

Both CRP and ESR are important in the diagnosis of #GiantCellArteritis ; occurrence of this disease with normal acute phase reactants is unusual but does not rule out the diagnosis.
Find out more about #GCA with normal inflammatory markers 👉rdcu.be/b8wty
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ClinRheumatol(@ClinRheumatol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A NEW study found that patients with visual manifestations at presentation have more baseline vascular risk factors 📌diabetes, 📌atherosclerosis than patients without ocular involvement.
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A NEW study found that #GiantCellArteritis patients with visual manifestations at presentation have more baseline vascular risk factors 📌diabetes, 📌atherosclerosis than patients without ocular involvement.
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USSONAR(@USSONAR_Rh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Updated 2023 @EULAR_org : recommend of temporal and axillary arteries as the 1⃣st imaging modality in pt with suspected GCA.

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Ultrasound provides a fast and reliable tool to assess Large vessel !

Updated 2023 @EULAR_org : recommend #ultrasound of temporal and axillary arteries as the 1⃣st  imaging modality in pt with suspected GCA.

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Ultrasound provides a fast and reliable tool to assess #GiantCellArteritis Large vessel #Vasculitis !
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Steven Zhao(@SteZhao) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💊 receptor blockers are associated with ⬆️risk of & than other .

All else being equal, clinicians might consider non-ARB options for in older people with risk factors for GCA/PMR academic.oup.com/rheumatology/a…

💊#Angiotensin receptor blockers are associated with ⬆️risk of #GiantCellArteritis #GCA & #PMR than other #antihypertensives.

All else being equal, clinicians might consider non-ARB options for #hypertension in older people with risk factors for GCA/PMR academic.oup.com/rheumatology/a…
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Chandini Rao 💙(@chandini_rao) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Giant cell arteritis bmj.com/content/365/bm…
Excellent clinical update on by Pippa Watson and Karina Lazarewicz in this week's The BMJ 👏👏👏

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Guillaume Armengol(@doc_G_Armengol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Notre article sur l’écho Doppler dans l’artérite à cellules géantes. A télécharger gratuitement pendant 50j !. authors.elsevier.com/a/1aTc8ubUqZo5A

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ClinRheumatol(@ClinRheumatol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔥NEW study on diagnostic delay in
📌Still occurs despite introducing a successful fast-track clinic
📌The median delay to first FTC visit is 31 days
📌Patients who presented with isolated constitutional symptoms have a longer delay
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🔥NEW study on diagnostic delay in #GiantCellArteritis 
📌Still occurs despite introducing a successful fast-track clinic
📌The median delay to first FTC visit is 31 days
📌Patients who presented with isolated constitutional symptoms have a longer delay
👉rdcu.be/dvPAB
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Ophthalmology(@AAOjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A diagnosis of cranial was confirmed after [F18]FDG PET showed inflammation solely in the vertebral arteries thereby explaining why the temporal artery biopsy was negative. Dr. Steffen Hamann ow.ly/aW4J50P0flB

A diagnosis of cranial #giantcellarteritis was confirmed after [F18]FDG PET showed inflammation solely in the vertebral arteries thereby explaining why the temporal artery biopsy was negative. @HamannSteffen ow.ly/aW4J50P0flB
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