Involvement of the femoropopliteal arteries in giant cell arteritis: Clinical and color duplex sonography

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-321

  Czihal, Michael ^a   Tatò, Federico ^a   Rademacher, Antje ^a   Kuhlencordt, Peter ^a   Schulze Koops, Hendrik ^a   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color duplex sonography; Femoropopliteal arteries; Giant cell arteritis; Large vessel vasculitis; Peripheral arterial disease; Wall thickening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL ARTERITIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULITIS;

AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84856534735     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110566     Document Type: Article

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