A significant percentage of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) demonstrate coronary artery calcification (CAC) on imaging, with variations by ANCA ...

They're different from one type of vasculitis to another. So let's say, take for example, age can be a risk factor because there are some certain vasculitis that affect certain age type.

Although we have done a lot of work in vasculitis, we still have so many things to do and there's so many unmet needs in vasculitis. The most important is that from a patient perspective ...

Urticarial vasculitis is a rare form of vasculitis that manifests as recurrent wheal-like lesions lasting 24 hours or longer. 1,2 Close examination of the lesions reveals inflamed blood vessels as the ...

C-reactive protein (CRP), Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6), MPO-ANCA, and proteinase 3 (PR3)-ANCA; systemic organ involvement defined by the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS), version 3 (15), ...

However, MPO and PR3 levels were within normal limits in this patient ... ANCA elevations also can occur for reasons other than systemic vasculitis, as in connective tissue diseases, inflammatory ...

Autoimmune vasculitis is a group of conditions that cause blood vessel inflammation. Examples include Kawasaki disease and giant cell arteritis. They develop as a result of an overreaction of your ...

At the end of the ‘80s, the antigens recognised by ANCA in patients with small-vessel vasculitis were identified as myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase 3 (PR3). This enabled the development of ...