Acute upper limb ischemia, a rare presentation of giant cell arteritis

Acute upper limb ischemia, a rare presentation of giant cell arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic large vessel vasculitis, with extracranial arterial involvement described in 10–15% of cases, usually affecting the aorta and its branches. Patients with GCA are more likely to develop aortic aneurysms, but these are rarely present at the time of the diagnosi...

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Main Authors: Luís Almeida-Morais, Sofia Galego, Nélia Marques, Tiago Pack, Hugo Rodrigues, Rodolfo Abreu, Leonor Vasconcelos, Hugo Marques, António Sousa Guerreiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255116000706

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