Horton's aortitis.

Aged; Echocardiography; Female; Humans; Predictive Value of Tests; Risk Factors; Thoracic Arteries/diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Arteries/pathology; Giant Cell Arteritis/complications; Giant Cell Arteritis/diagnostic imaging; Giant Cell Arteritis/pathology; Giant Cells/diagnostic imaging; Giant Cells/pathology; Aneurysm; Horton; Multinucleated giant cell; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Abstract :

[en] Giant cell arteritis is the most common systemic vasculitis in people over the age of 50 years. Ischaemic manifestations are well known. 'Occult' manifestations as aortic aneurysmal disease need consideration. The incidence of aortic aneurysm and/or dissection is about 18.5 per 1000 person-years at risk (18.9 in Lugo(4) and 18.7 in Olmsted County(3)). Predictive factors are hypertension, polymyalgia rheumatica, coronaropathy, and hyperlipaemia. Another factor is the apparition of an aortic regurgitation murmur as in this case. So, these patients should be monitored by echocardiography.

Disciplines :

Cardiovascular & respiratory systems

Author, co-author :

MARCHAL, Vanessa ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de cardiologie

Sprynger, Muriel ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de cardiologie

Language :

English

Title :

Horton's aortitis.

Publication date :

September 2008

Journal title :

European Journal of Echocardiography

ISSN :

1525-2167

eISSN :

1532-2114

Publisher :

Oxford University Press, England

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

742 - 744

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

http://academic.oup.com/ehjcimaging/article-pdf/9/5/742/7123108/jen157.pdf

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