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Assessing Vasculitis in Giant Cell Arteritis by Ultrasound: Results of OMERACT Patient-based Reliability Exercises.

Valentin S Schäfer1,2, Stavros Chrysidis3,4, Christian Dejaco3,4, Christina Duftner3,4, Annamaria Iagnocco3,4, George A Bruyn3,4, Greta Carrara3,4, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino3,4, Eugenio De Miguel3,4, Andreas P Diamantopoulos3,4, Ulrich Fredberg3,4, Wolfgang Hartung3,4, Alojzija Hocevar3,4, Aaron Juche3,4, Tanaz A Kermani3,4, Matthew J Koster3,4, Tove Lorenzen3,4, Pierluigi Macchioni3,4, Marcin Milchert3,4, Uffe Møller Døhn3,4, Chetan Mukhtyar3,4, Cristina Ponte3,4, Sofia Ramiro3,4, Carlo A Scirè3,4, Lene Terslev3,4, Kenneth J Warrington3,4, Bhaskar Dasgupta3,4, Wolfgang A Schmidt3,4.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To test the reliability of Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) consensus-based ultrasound definitions for normal and vasculitic temporal and axillary arteries in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and in controls.
METHODS: A preliminary 1-day meeting and a full 3-day meeting fulfilling OMERACT Ultrasound Group guidelines were held. Temporal and axillary arteries were examined at 2 timepoints by 12 sonographers on 4 patients with GCA and 2 controls. The aim was to test inter- and intrareader reliability for normal findings, halo sign, and compression sign. In both meetings, patients had established GCA. Pathology was more recent in the full meeting, which was preceded by 6 h of training. Scanning time was 15-20 min instead of 10-13 min.
RESULTS: In the preliminary exercise, interreader reliabilities were fair to moderate for the overall diagnosis of GCA (Light κ 0.29-0.51), and poor to fair for identifying vasculitis in the respective anatomical segments (Light κ 0.02-0.46). Intrareader reliabilities were moderate (Cohen κ 0.32-0.64). In the main exercise, interreader reliability was good to excellent (Light κ 0.76-0.86) for the overall diagnosis of GCA, and moderate to good (Light κ 0.46-0.71) for identifying vasculitis in the respective anatomical segments. Intrareader reliability was excellent for diagnosis of GCA (Cohen κ 0.91) and good (Cohen κ 0.71-0.80) for the anatomical segments.
CONCLUSION: OMERACT-derived definitions of halo and compression signs of temporal and axillary arteries are reliable in recent-onset GCA if experienced sonographers (> 300 examinations) have 15-20 min for a standardized examination with prior training and apply > 15 MHz probes.

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Keywords:  DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; VASCULITIS

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Year:  2018        PMID: 29961687     DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.171428

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Rheumatol        ISSN: 0315-162X            Impact factor:   4.666


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