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Impact of cranial and axillary/subclavian artery involvement by color duplex sonography on response to treatment in giant cell arteritis Michael Czihal, MD, Anne Piller, MD, Angelika Schroettle, MD, Peter Kuhlencordt, MD, Christoph Bernau, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, MD, PhD, Ulrich Hoffmann, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 61, Issue 5, Pages (May 2015) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 The hypoechogenic, circumferential wall thickening as the sonographic criterion for diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). A, Normal superficial temporal artery with complete color filling of the lumen. B, Halo of the superficial temporal artery. C, Normal vessel wall of the axillary artery. D-F, Hypoechogenic, circumferential wall thickening of the axillary arteries without luminal obstruction (D), with resulting stenosis (E), and with resulting occlusion (F). Journal of Vascular Surgery , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 Classification of the 43 patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) according to color duplex sonography (CDS) criteria. Journal of Vascular Surgery , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
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Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier analysis showing the percentage of patients without disease flares over time (A) and patients without requirement of steroid-sparing agents over time (B) in groups A1 vs A2 vs B. Journal of Vascular Surgery , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
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