Carotid Artery Stenosis and Ischemic Strokes in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis

Purpose Ischemic stroke is a relatively rare complication of giant cell arteritis often accompanied by vessel stenosis. Our purpose was to compare the location of internal carotid artery stenosis in GCA patients by performing a literature review suggesting a specific and characteristic pattern....

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Main Authors: Clemens Oerding, Frank Uhlmann, Johannes Wollmann, Ingmar Kaden, Kai Wohlfarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2022-01-01
Series:TH Open
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1704-0741