Mechanisms of Vascular Disease by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030436834
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

1. Age at disease onset ≥50 years

Development of symptoms or findings beginning at age 50 or older

2. New headache

New onset of or new type of localized pain in the head

3. Temporal artery abnormality

Temporal artery tenderness to palpation or decreased pulsation, unrelated to arteriosclerosis of cervical arteries

4. Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ≥50 mm/h by the Westergren method

5. Abnormal artery biopsy

Biopsy specimen with artery showing vasculitis characterized by a predominance of mononuclear cell infiltration or granulomatous inflammation, usually with multinucleated giant cells

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