British Society for Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis: executive summary

Sarah L Mackie^{1

2}, Christian Dejaco^{3

4}, Simone Appenzeller⁵, Dario Camellino^{6

7}, Christina Duftner⁸, Solange Gonzalez-Chiappe⁹, Alfred Mahr⁹, Chetan Mukhtyar¹⁰, Gary Reynolds¹¹, Alexandre Wagner S de Souza¹², Elisabeth Brouwer¹³, Marwan Bukhari¹⁴, Frank Buttgereit¹⁵, Dorothy Byrne¹⁶, Maria C Cid¹⁷, Marco Cimmino¹⁸, Haner Direskeneli¹⁹, Kate Gilbert¹⁶, Tanaz A Kermani²⁰, Asad Khan²¹, Peter Lanyon²², Raashid Luqmani²³, Christian Mallen²⁴, Justin C Mason²⁵, Eric L Matteson²⁶, Peter A Merkel²⁷, Susan Mollan²⁸, Lorna Neill²⁹, Eoin O' Sullivan³⁰, Maria Sandovici¹³, Wolfgang A Schmidt³¹, Richard Watts^{32

33}, Madeline Whitlock³⁴, Elaine Yacyshyn³⁵, Steven Ytterberg³⁶, Bhaskar Dasgupta³⁷

Affiliations

¹ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
² NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
³ Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁴ South Tyrol Health Trust, Department of Rheumtaology, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy.
⁵ Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Division of Rheumatology, La Colletta Hospital, Local Health Trust 3 Genoa.
⁷ Autoimmunology Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁸ Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁹ Internal Medicine, Hôpital Saint-Louis, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
¹⁰ Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich.
¹¹ Rheumatology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
¹² Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP-EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Kendal, Cumbria, UK.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine (Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology), Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁶ PMRGCAuk, London, UK.
¹⁷ Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions, Biomèdiques, August Pi I, Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁸ Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.
¹⁹ Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
²⁰ Rheumatology, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
²¹ Rheumatology, Solihull Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham.
²² Academic Rheumatology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham.
²³ Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre - Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford.
²⁴ School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University, Staffordshire.
²⁵ Rheumatology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
²⁶ Division of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN.
²⁷ Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
²⁸ Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham.
²⁹ PMR-GCA Scotland, Perth, Scotland.
³⁰ Department of Ophthalmology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
³¹ Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³² Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, UK.
³³ University of East Anglia, Ipswich.
³⁴ Rheumatology, Southend University NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK.
³⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
³⁷ Department of Rheumatology, Southend University NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

PMID: 31970410
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez664

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British Society for Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis: executive summary

Sarah L Mackie et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020.

. 2020 Mar 1;59(3):487-494.

doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez664.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
² NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
³ Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁴ South Tyrol Health Trust, Department of Rheumtaology, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy.
⁵ Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Division of Rheumatology, La Colletta Hospital, Local Health Trust 3 Genoa.
⁷ Autoimmunology Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁸ Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁹ Internal Medicine, Hôpital Saint-Louis, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
¹⁰ Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich.
¹¹ Rheumatology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
¹² Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP-EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Kendal, Cumbria, UK.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine (Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology), Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁶ PMRGCAuk, London, UK.
¹⁷ Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions, Biomèdiques, August Pi I, Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁸ Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.
¹⁹ Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
²⁰ Rheumatology, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
²¹ Rheumatology, Solihull Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham.
²² Academic Rheumatology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham.
²³ Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre - Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford.
²⁴ School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University, Staffordshire.
²⁵ Rheumatology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
²⁶ Division of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN.
²⁷ Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
²⁸ Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham.
²⁹ PMR-GCA Scotland, Perth, Scotland.
³⁰ Department of Ophthalmology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
³¹ Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³² Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, UK.
³³ University of East Anglia, Ipswich.
³⁴ Rheumatology, Southend University NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK.
³⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
³⁷ Department of Rheumatology, Southend University NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

PMID: 31970410
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez664

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Keywords: diagnosis; giant cell arteritis; guidelines; investigations; large-vessel vasculitis; temporal arteritis; treatment This is the executive summary of British Society for Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis, doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez672.

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