Cardiac and aortic involvement in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a study with echocardiography and FDG-PET/CT

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Mar-Apr;35 Suppl 103(1):224. Epub 2017 Apr 4.

Authors

Cecilia De Lorenzi¹, Gian Marco Rosa², Dario Camellino³, Silvia Morbelli⁴, Ulrico Dorighi², Giovanni Masoero², Gianmario Sambuceti⁴, Claudio Brunelli², Marco Amedeo Cimmino⁵

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Italy.
² Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy.
³ Autoimmunology Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine University of Genova, Italy.
⁴ Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Italy.
⁵ Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy. [email protected].

PMID: 28375837

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm / etiology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Case-Control Studies
Echocardiography*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / administration & dosage*
Heart / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Polymyalgia Rheumatica / complications
Polymyalgia Rheumatica / diagnostic imaging*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Radiopharmaceuticals / administration & dosage*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18