Pericarditis among giant cell arteritis patients: From myth to reality

Background Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology affecting adults age > 50 years. GCA (also known as temporal arteritis) is a vasculitis of large and medium‐size vessels that involves the extracranial branches of the carotid artery. Common manifestations includ...

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Published in:Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 2018-05, Vol.41 (5), p.623-627
Main Authors: Tiosano, Shmuel, Adler, Yehuda, Azrielant, Shir, Yavne, Yarden, Gendelman, Omer, Ben‐Ami Shor, Dana, Comaneshter, Doron, Shalom, Guy, Cohen, Arnon D., Amital, Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Case-Control Studies
Chi-Square Distribution
Clinical Investigations
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis
Giant Cell Arteritis - diagnosis
Giant Cell Arteritis - epidemiology
Humans
Inflammation
Israel - epidemiology
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Pericarditis
Pericarditis - diagnosis
Pericarditis - epidemiology
Risk Factors
Temporal Arteritis
Vasculitis
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Summary:Background Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology affecting adults age > 50 years. GCA (also known as temporal arteritis) is a vasculitis of large and medium‐size vessels that involves the extracranial branches of the carotid artery. Common manifestations include constitutional symptoms, headache, jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, and vision loss. Cardiac involvement in GCA is considered to be as low as 5%, and 
ISSN:0160-9289
1932-8737
DOI:10.1002/clc.22927