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Vasculitis

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Vasculitis is defined by the presence of inflammation within the blood vessel wall, which can result in vascular aneurysms or conversely vessel stenosis or occlusion. Vasculitis can occur secondary to a wide range of underlying causes or a primary vasculitic disease for which the underlying etiology has not yet been identified. Although immunosuppressive therapy represents the foundation of treatment for active vasculitis, vascular surgeons play an important role in the management of emergent or elective complications of vasculitis affecting the medium to large sized arteries. Polyarteritis nodosa, giant cell arteritis, and Takayasu arteritis are the primary vasculitic diseases that most prominently affect these vessels and represent the vasculitides most commonly encountered by vascular surgeons.

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  1. Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue A50, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Carol A. Langford M.D., M.H.S.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Samir K. Shah

  2. Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Daniel G. Clair

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Langford, C.A. (2014). Vasculitis. In: Shah, S., Clair, D. (eds) Cleveland Clinic Manual of Vascular Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1631-3_10

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