Detection of increased arterial stiffness in a patient with early stage of large vessel vasculitis by measuring cardio-ankle vascular index

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-105

  Masugata, Hisashi ^a   Senda, Shoichi ^a   Himoto, Takashi ^a   Murao, Koji ^a   Dobashi, Hiroaki ^a   Kitano, Yoichi ^b   Okuyama, Hiroyuki ^a   Inukai, Michio ^a   Hosomi, Naohisa ^a   Kohno, Masakazu ^a   Nishiyama, Yoshihiro ^a   Kohno, Takeaki ^a   Goda, Fuminori ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Arterial stiffness; Cardio ankle vascular index; Large vessel vasculitis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIO ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT FEVER; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VASCULAR LESION; VASCULITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 70449633533     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.219.101     Document Type: Article

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