The use of positron emission tomography (PET), novel immune and microbiological biomarkers to improve the diagnosis and prognostication of giant cell arteritis

使用正电子发射断层扫描 (PET)、新型免疫和微生物生物标志物来改善巨细胞动脉炎的诊断和预后

• 批准号: nhmrc : 1134309
• 金额: $ 8.53万
• 依托单位: Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Postgraduate Scholarships
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/use-positron-emission-cell-arteritis/948973
• 关键词: use; positron; emission; tomography; PET

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory condition of blood vessels. Diagnosing the condition and predicting which patients will develop complications is challenging. Undiagnosed, a significant proportion of patients experience sudden onset, permanent blindness. Our study aims to improve the diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with suspected GCA by following a group of 65 patients for two years with serial scans, blood tests and clinical reviews.

巨细胞动脉炎（GCA）是一种血管炎症。诊断病情并预测哪些患者会出现并发症是一项挑战。在未确诊的情况下，相当大比例的患者会出现突然发作的永久性失明。我们的研究旨在通过对65名患者进行连续两年的扫描、血液检查和临床回顾，提高疑似GCA患者的诊断和风险评估。