Point-of-care ultrasound enables diagnosis of giant cell arteritis with a modern innovative handheld probe

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Sep 1;60(9):4434-4436. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab424.

Authors

Pantelis Karakostas¹, Christian Dejaco², Charlotte Behning³, Florian Recker⁴, Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Germany.
² Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
³ Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

PMID: 33974048
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab424

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Point-of-Care Testing*
Ultrasonography / instrumentation*