ALLMedicine™ Takayasu Arteritis Center

May 8th, 2022 - Aortic valve involvement is not uncommon in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and leading to poor prognosis. The aim of our study was to explore the risk factors of aortic valve involvement and to evaluate the prognosis in TAK patients with a...

May 7th, 2022 - To investigate the efficacy and safety of leflunomide (LEF) versus tofacitinib (TOF) in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) patients. Sixty-seven active patients were recruited from an ongoing observational TAK cohort, including 35 patients treated with gluc...

Apr 28th, 2022 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ustekinumab compared to placebo, in combination with oral glucocorticoid (GC) taper regimen, in participants with relapsing Takayasu Arteritis (TAK).

Apr 20th, 2022 - It has been known that aorta, subclavian, and extracranial arteries are commonly involved in Takayasu arteritis (TA). However, the involvement of intracranial artery in TA has not been well explored. The purpose of this study was to describe the c...

Apr 16th, 2022 - Mid-aortic syndrome (MAS), characterized by segmental stricture of the distal thoracic and abdominal aorta, is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome with multiple etiologies. We retrospectively analyzed 143 consecutive patients (99 females and 44 male...

Jul 9th, 2021 - To provide evidence-based recommendations and expert guidance for the management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) as exemplars of large vessel vasculitis. Clinical questions regarding diagnostic testing, treatment, and ma...

Jul 9th, 2021 - To provide evidence-based recommendations and expert guidance for the management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) as exemplars of large vessel vasculitis. Clinical questions regarding diagnostic testing, treatment, and ma...

Jul 5th, 2019 - Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical trials and cohort analyses have been published, which have th...

Jun 9th, 2015 - Inflammatory diseases of the aorta include routine atherosclerosis, aortitis, periaortitis, and atherosclerosis with excessive inflammatory responses, such as inflammatory atherosclerotic aneurysms. The nomenclature and histologic features of thes...

Apr 28th, 2022 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ustekinumab compared to placebo, in combination with oral glucocorticoid (GC) taper regimen, in participants with relapsing Takayasu Arteritis (TAK).

Nov 8th, 2021 - The main objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of upadacitinib in combination with a corticosteroid taper regimen compared to placebo in combination with a corticosteroid taper regimen.

Aug 10th, 2021 - Overview of Takayasu's arteritis. Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory blood vessel that seriously endangers human health, which affects a large variety of blood vessels, characterized by vascular stenosis and occlusion. The clinical ...

Jun 23rd, 2021 - Up-regulation of SST2 in activated macrophages represents a novel imaging target for measuring vascular inflammation, which has been previously examined in atherosclerosis using 68Ga-DOTATATE. To test the hypothesis that SST2 PET imaging can accur...

Jun 23rd, 2020 - The incidence and prevalence of the allergic, autoimmune and rheumatic diseases are different all over the world. The relative impact of gene and environment on diseases can be revealed by studies from different populations. National Health Insura...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Three new guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology, in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation, offer evidence-based recommendations for managing and treating six different forms of systemic vasculitis. Dr Sharon Chung "It's not unu...

Jul 14th, 2021 - Three new guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology, in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation, offer evidence-based recommendations for managing and treating six different forms of systemic vasculitis. Dr.

Apr 23rd, 2021 - An oral Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor, upadacitinib (Rinvoq), relieves the symptoms of atopic dermatitis (AD) better than dupilumab (Dupixent), researchers say. "The differences between the two drugs were more pronounced when we looked at higher...

Aug 27th, 2019 - MILAN – Skin manifestations of the vasculitides can point the way to an accurate diagnosis and provide clues about disease severity, Robert Micheletti, MD, said at the World Congress of Dermatology. Dr.

Aug 27th, 2019 - MILAN – Skin manifestations of the vasculitides can point the way to an accurate diagnosis and provide clues about disease severity, Robert Micheletti, MD, said at the World Congress of Dermatology. Dr.