Arteritis

09/01/2014 - "Further- more, some biomarkers are helpful for evaluating chronic coronary arteritis and atheroscle- rosis in the convalescent phase of KD."
03/01/2009 - "Relationships among regional arterial inflammation, calcification, risk factors, and biomarkers: a prospective fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography imaging study."
10/01/2013 - "Although specific serological markers of this disease are not known, many biomarkers specific to arterial inflammation are being developed and applied for diagnosing this disease. "
06/01/2015 - "Although molecular signatures/biomarkers are being developed and proposed as new tools for aiding in the identification of cell-mediated and antibody-mediated types of rejection, histological examination is still needed to identify intimal arteritis in allograft biopsies. "
03/01/2009 - "Inflammation in one arterial territory is associated with inflammation elsewhere, and the degree of local arterial inflammation is reflected in the blood levels of several circulating biomarkers. "

04/01/2015 - "The objective of this study is to describe a series of patients above the age of 50 years with large vessel arteritis and vascular involvement typical of TAK. "
10/29/2011 - "Coprimary endpoints were MRI-assessed indices (total vessel area, wall area, wall thickness, and normalised wall index [average carotid]) after 24 months and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/CT assessment of arterial inflammation within an index vessel (right carotid, left carotid, or ascending thoracic aorta) after 6 months, with no-harm boundaries established before unblinding of the trial. "
09/01/2015 - "GCA is a large- and medium-vessel arteritis characterized by a range of histological patterns of vascular wall injury. "
04/01/2015 - "Vascular involvement typical of TAK in patients above the age of 50 years with large vessel arteritis seems to be more frequent than previously assumed. "
01/01/2015 - "In both syndromes, large vessel arterial inflammation may result in severe morbidity and mortality. "

07/01/2008 - "The diagnosis was Horton's arteritis, and the patient responded well to high-dose steroids."
06/01/2005 - "After excluding 15 patients who were lost to follow up, management of 13 (23.6%) patients was influenced by the biopsy results: seven with negative biopsies had steroids discontinued while six patients with biopsies showing positive and healed arteritis continued on steroids. "
10/01/1994 - "We describe two new cases, one admitted to hospital only after Giardia lamblia infestation had drawn attention to gut symptoms, and the other who was treated for a long time with steroids for suspected Horton's arteritis. "
01/01/1993 - "In all patients the arteritis was controlled, steroids reduced or stopped. "
07/01/2002 - "This case highlights that a knowledge of such isolated arteritis is of importance to the physician to avoid misdiagnosing it as polyarteritis nodosa and treat with systemic steroids."

09/01/1982 - "Ivermectin was 98.9% effective in eliminating later 4th-stage S vulgaris larvae located near the origin of major intestinal arteries and in reducing clinical signs and permitting resolution of lesions associated with verminous arteritis. "
06/01/1981 - "Ivermectin was effective in eliminating early 4th-stage S vulgaris larvae and reducing clinical signs associated with acute arteritis. "
04/01/1990 - "Repeated killing of intra-arterial S vulgaris fourth-stage larvae in ivermectin-treated foals did not exacerbate lesions associated with verminous arteritis or induce unique lesions associated with repeated destruction of arterial larvae.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)"
09/01/1982 - "One pony foal reared on pasture and with evidence of arteritis of the cranial mesenteric and ileocolic arteries on arteriography was treated with ivermectin at a dosage rate of 200 micrograms/kg of body weight. "

12/24/2013 - "Eighty-three adults with risk factors or with established atherosclerosis and who were not taking high-dose statins were randomized to atorvastatin 80 mg vs. 10 mg in a multicenter, double-blind trial to evaluate the impact of atorvastatin on arterial inflammation. "
03/01/2012 - "The medium dose of atorvastatin over a 12-week period resulted in a significant reduction of arterial inflammation as well as various circulating biomarkers."
03/01/2012 - "The effects of 3-month atorvastatin therapy on arterial inflammation, calcification, abdominal adipose tissue and circulating biomarkers."
02/01/2015 - "In a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 40 HIV-infected participants with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis, evidence of arterial inflammation in the aorta by fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET, and LDL-cholesterol concentration of less than 3.37 mmol/L (130 mg/dL) were randomly assigned (1:1) to 1 year of treatment with atorvastatin or placebo. "
03/01/2012 - "The purpose of this study was to determine the association between arterial inflammation, calcification and serological biomarkers in subjects with atherosclerosis, and to assess their therapeutic response to 12-week atorvastatin treatment. "

01/01/2010 - "These studies reveal a novel mechanism by which HO-1 and CO may mediate their beneficial effects in arterial inflammation and injury."
04/01/1987 - "Arteritis was found in the spleens of nearly all the L and CO mice. "
02/01/2010 - "The hypothesis of cannabis being a causative factor or co-factor of TAO or an arteritis similar to TAO is not supported by the available evidence. "
03/01/2006 - "In contrast, experimental human studies of local arterial inflammation, such as the brachial artery infusion of TNF-alpha (tumour necrosis factor-alpha) model reported in this issue of Clinical Science by Robinson and co-workers, are of value in elucidating the pathophysiology of atherothrombosis."
01/27/2006 - "Recipients were kept in air or exposed to low-dose CO (20 ppm) for 14, 28, or 100 days after HHTx under short-course tacrolimus CO treatment (d0-28, 0-100) was remarkably effective in prolonging heart allograft survival to a median of >100 from 45 days in the air-control group, with significant reductions of arteritis, fibrosis, and cellular infiltration, including macrophages and T cells. "

11/01/2003 - "Furthermore, histopathological studies have shown that over 40% of patients thought to be in clinical remission with normal acute phase reactants have active arteritis. "
10/01/2009 - "The role of acute phase proteins in diagnosis and management of steroid-responsive meningitis arteritis in dogs."
09/01/2008 - "Concentrations of acute-phase proteins in dogs with steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis."
06/01/2003 - "At the time of late recurrent AION, there were no systemic symptoms or elevations in acute phase reactants to signal active arteritis, yet temporal artery biopsy disclosed dramatic inflammation, forcing the presumption that the infarct was arteritic. "
07/01/2009 - "Previous multidrug studies have identified the value of prednisolone in treating steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis (SRMA) and the potential value of acute phase proteins (APPs) and immunoglobulin A (IgA) in diagnosis and monitoring. "

02/16/2007 - "Fat fuels the flame: triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and arterial inflammation."
04/01/2003 - "Statins not only lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels, but also have several antiarteriosclerotic effects (eg, decreasing arterial inflammation and arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation, as well as antioxidant effects). "
03/01/1985 - "Stored sera from patients with necrotising arteritis showed a significantly enhanced tendency to develop oxidised lipoprotein, which correlated closely with human endothelial cell cytotoxicity. "
07/01/1958 - "[Regional lipoprotein levels in arteriosclerotic arteritis]."
10/07/2014 - "There was a significant reduction of arterial inflammation after lipoprotein apheresis (TBR: 2.05 ± 0.31 vs. 1.91 ± 0.33; p < 0.02). "

12/01/2002 - "Insulin is intrinsically antiatherogenic but may mediate arterial inflammation in insulin-resistant patients. "
01/01/1986 - "The duration of disease ranged from 3 months to 34 years; 66 patients were insulin-treated and 87 had clinical features of arteritis and/or patent microangiopathy. "
12/01/1963 - "[ON THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DIABETIC AND NONDIABETIC ARTERITIS BY A NEW METHOD OF INSULIN ADMINISTRATION]."
02/01/1962 - "[The etiological role of insulin therapy in diabetic arteritis]."
04/29/1961 - "[Insulin therapy and diabetic arteritis. "

12/01/2014 - "It must always be considered in the case of any occlusive retinal arteritis, even in children."
12/01/2014 - "We report a new pediatric case, revealed by an occlusive retinal arteritis. "
05/01/2012 - "Retinal arteritis had never been observed in this patient. "
07/01/2011 - "As the reason for this a retinal arteritis could be demonstrated. "
07/01/2011 - "[Retinal arteritis in pregnancy]."

06/27/2005 - "This study aimed to determine the extent of macrophage involvement in renal allograft intimal arteritis. "
10/28/2015 - "CD14+ monocytes are the predominant inflammatory cells in renal allograft intimal arteritis. "
06/01/2015 - "Intimal arteritis remains an important histologic feature of allograft rejection, which comes in different nuances requiring tailored therapeutic approaches."
06/01/2015 - "Intimal arteritis in renal allografts: new takes on an old lesion."
02/27/2014 - "On univariant analysis, diffuse C4d (odds ratio [OR]=10.9, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.8-66.9, P=0.01) and DSA positivity at the time of index biopsy (OR=2.8, 95% CI=1.2-6.6, P=0.02) were associated with allograft loss, whereas arteritis (OR=0.5, 95% CI=0.2-1.2, P=0.11) and glomerulitis (OR=0.9, 95% CI=0.4-2.1, P=0.8) were not. "

11/01/2009 - "A total of 4 patients (3 female and 1 male, ages 30-40 yrs) with Takayasu's pulmonary arteritis underwent percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty and stent implantation and were followed up for 1 to 4 years. "
01/01/2003 - "Extensive dissection requiring multiple stents following balloon angioplasty for non-specific aorto-arteritis."
11/01/1999 - "Our results suggest that percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty in children is safe and highly effective in relieving stenosis of the aorta due to aortic arteritis, with marked clinical improvement, and should be the treatment of choice particularly for discrete stenosis."
01/01/2003 - "Discrete stenoses of the thoraco-abdominal aorta in non-specific aorto-arteritis are considered favorable lesions for balloon angioplasty characterized by good results without major complications. "
11/01/1999 - "Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty for stenosis of the aorta due to aortic arteritis was attempted on 45 lesions in 41 children (age range, 4-14 years; mean, 9.9+/-4.2 years) presenting with symptoms of hypertension, severe congestive heart failure, and lower limb claudication. "

01/01/1977 - "A study of 75 lumbar sympathectomy helped the authors in specifying the indications of this operation for arteritis of the lower limbs. "
01/01/1958 - "[Study of statistics of lumbar sympathectomy in arteritis of legs]."
01/01/1994 - "[Distal arteritis of the legs: lumbar sympathectomy]."
01/01/1993 - "A lumbar sympathectomy on the same side of the lesion was realised, in addition to the peripheral surgical act for arteritis. "
03/01/1985 - "The decision to perform a lumbar sympathectomy in cases of severe distal arteritis should be made according to an objective selection method. "

01/01/2016 - "Morphologic Features and Clinical Impact of Arteritis Concurrent with Transplant Glomerulopathy."
12/01/2015 - "Intimal arteritis (the presence of v-lesions) in kidney transplant biopsy specimens is believed to have major prognostic and diagnostic significance. "
12/01/2015 - "Reassessing the Significance of Intimal Arteritis in Kidney Transplant Biopsy Specimens."
08/07/2015 - "A total of 1976 biopsy specimens were reevaluated for capillary C4d staining (C4d data were available for 825 patients) and distinct morphologic lesions suggestive of ABMR, including glomerulitis, peritubular capillaritis, capillary microthrombi, transplant glomerulopathy, and severe intimal arteritis. "
08/01/2015 - "It is unclear if the category of acute rejection with intimal arteritis (ARV) is relevant to short- and long-term clinical outcomes and if the graft outcomes are affected by the severity of intimal arteritis. "

10/07/2014 - "There was a significant reduction of arterial inflammation after lipoprotein apheresis (TBR: 2.05 ± 0.31 vs. 1.91 ± 0.33; p < 0.02). "
10/07/2014 - "This study used (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ((18)FDG-PET) to investigate whether arterial inflammation is higher in patients with FH and, moreover, whether lipoprotein apheresis attenuates arterial wall inflammation in FH patients. "
10/07/2014 - "Nonpharmacological lipoprotein apheresis reduces arterial inflammation in familial hypercholesterolemia."
10/07/2014 - "Lipoprotein apheresis and acute reduction of arterial inflammation: FDG-PET as an imaging biomarker of nonpharmacological effects on the vessel wall."