PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fatma Alibaz-Oner
AU  - Sibel Z.  Aydin
AU  - Servet Akar
AU  - Kenan Aksu
AU  - Sevil Kamali
AU  - Eftal Yucel
AU  - Omer Karadag
AU  - Huseyin Ozer
AU  - Sedat Kiraz
AU  - Fatos Onen
AU  - Murat Inanc
AU  - Gokhan Keser
AU  - Nurullah Akkoc
AU  - Haner Direskeneli
TI  - Assessment of Patients with Takayasu Arteritis in Routine Practice with Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.140817
DP  - 2015 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.140817
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2015/06/26/jrheum.140817.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2015/06/26/jrheum.140817.full
AB  - Objective To assess the Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score (ITAS2010) in followup of Takayasu arteritis (TA). Methods ITAS2010 forms were filled in prospectively (n = 144). Clinical activity was assessed with physician’s global assessment (PGA) and criteria defined by Kerr, et al. Results ITAS2010 was significantly higher in patients with active disease. Total agreement between ITAS2010 and PGA was 66.4%, and between ITAS2010 and Kerr, et al was 82.8%. During followup, 14 of 15 patients showing vascular progression with imaging were categorized as having inactive disease according to ITAS2010. Conclusion ITAS2010 was discriminatory for activity during the followup, but the agreement between PGA and ITAS2010 was moderate. Future work should include the incorporation of advanced vascular imaging and demonstration of ITAS2010 as a scalable measure and not simply a dichotomous measure of activity/flare versus remission.