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Giant Cell Arteritis
Researchers from Rouen University report on findings in giant cell arteritis
July 6th, 2009
According to a study from Rouen, France, "To date, only a few series have analyzed the long-term outcome of giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients with aortic involvement, which prompted us to conduct the current retrospective study. Our aims were to 1) determine the prevalence of GCA in patients exhibiting nonatherosclerotic aortic involvement (that is, aortitis, aortic ectasia, and/or aneurysm); and 2) evaluate clinical features and long-term outcome of GCA patients exhibiting aortitis, aortic ectasia, and/or aortic aneurysm." "From January 1997 to March 2008, 66 consecutive patients in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Rouen medical center...
Source: Cardiovascular Week (2009-07-06)
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