The epidemiology of pathologically confirmed clinically isolated aortitis: a North American population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Clinically isolated aortitis (CIA) refers to inflammation of the aorta without signs of systemic vasculitis or infection. Population-based data on the epidemiology of CIA in North America is lacking. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology of pathologically confirmed CIA.

Methods

Residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota were screened for thoracic aortic aneurysm procedures with current procedural terminology codes between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2021, using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project. The medical records of all patients were manually reviewed. CIA was defined as histopathologically confirmed active aortitis diagnosed by evaluation of aortic tissue obtained during thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery in the absence of any infection, rh

SUBMITTER: Kaymakci M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10406423 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature