rheum.reviews

  • Approach to Vasculitis

    BOTTOM LINE Vasculitis is a heterogenous group of diseases classified by blood vessel size. Large vessel vasculitis symptoms include claudication, bruits, aneurysms, asymmetrical blood pressures/pulses. Medium vessel includes skin nodules/ulcers,…

  • Takayasu Arteritis (TAK)

    BOTTOM LINE Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a large-vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta and its primary branches, occurring more often in women <40 years old and Asians (but all ethnicities are affected).…