Open AccessAssessment of inflammatory activity in Takayasu's arteritis: performance of clinical scores and common biomarkers versus 18F-FDG PET/CT
Author(s) -
Daniela González Jiménez,
María Elena Soto,
Laura Aline Martínez-Martínez,
Daniel Hernández-López,
Claudia Lerma,
Jorge Alberto Barragán-Garfias,
Israel Pérez-Torres,
Enrique HernándezLemus,
Verónica Guarner-Lans
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and experimental rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1593-098X
pISSN - 0392-856X
DOI - 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/a71bzh
Subject(s) - medicine , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , rheumatology , receiver operating characteristic , arteritis , gold standard (test) , takayasu's arteritis , prospective cohort study , population , nuclear medicine , vasculitis , disease , environmental health
There is no consensus on how to evaluate inflammatory activity in Takayasu's arteritis (TAK). Here we compare biochemical tests and three clinical scores, which evaluate inflammatory activity (IA) in TAK, versus quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT as the gold standard.