ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023
Clinical study of carotid superb microvascular imaging in evaluating the activity of Takayasu's arteritis.
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- Definitions of elementary ultrasound lesions in Takayasu arteritis: a study from the OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group.RMD open · 2025Pooled it
- Application of conventional ultrasound-based carotid grading system in assessing disease activity and monitoring progression in Takayasu arteritis.Clinical physiology and functional imaging · 2026Article
- Management of Takayasu Arteritis - A 2026 Update.Current rheumatology reports · 2026Review
- Operative Procedures for Ultrasound Assessment of Extracranial Artery Disease: A Narrative Review by the Italian Society for Vascular Investigation (SIDV).Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Integration of high-frequency ultrasound with the Global Acne Grading System for prediction of treatment efficiency in acne vulgaris.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
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- High-frequency ultrasound with superb microvascular imaging: a potential tool for ultrasound assessment in patients with giant cell arteritis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: The goal of this study is to use superb microvascular imaging (SMI) to observe neovascularization in the carotid vessel wall to identify potential Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) inflammation markers. Methods: Bilateral carotid arteries from 96 patients with TAK were imaged by a Doppler ultrasound and SMI. The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to document significant differences between the activity and inactivity stages of TAK and the factors closely related to its activity in the binary logistics regression equation. Clinical and laboratory data included age, gender, duration of disease, treatment history, NIH score, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Imaging data included the arterial wall thickness, degree of lesion, SMI grade, and arterial aneurysm formation. Results: There were 45 patients in the active TAK stage and 51 in the inactive stage. The one-way ANOVA showed significant differences in SMI ( Conclusion: The SMI grade is a potential marker of disease activity in patients with TAK.
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