Distribution of duplex sonographic (DS) findings in patients with indication of large vessel vasculitis (LVV)
| External carotid artery | Internal carotid artery | Common carotid artery | Vertebral artery | Subclavian artery | Axillary artery | Temporal artery | Common femoral artery | Deep femoral artery | Superficial femoral artery | Popliteal artery | ||||||||||||
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| Patient no | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l | r | l |
| 1 | – | – | – | – | v/vr | v/vr | ND | ND | v/v | v/v | ND | ND | ND | ND | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | – | – |
| 2 | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | – | – | v/vr | v/vr | ND | ND | – | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v |
| 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ND | ND | – | – | v/v | v/v | – | – | – | – | – | v/vr | v/v | v/v | ND | ND |
| 4 | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | – | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | – | – | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v |
| 7 | – | – | v/v | – | v/v | v/v | – | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | – | – | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v |
| 8 | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | – | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/vr | v/vr | – | – | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v |
| 9 | – | – | – | – | v/v | – | – | – | – | v/v | –/v | –/v | v/vr | – | – | – | – | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v | v/v |
| 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | v | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | v |
| 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | v | v | v | v | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | v | v | – | – | – | – | v | v | – | – | v | v | – | – | v | v |
Patients 1–9: DS study at baseline and at 6 months (baseline/6 months).
DS, duplex sonography; ND, not done; v, classified by DS as ‘vasculitis’; vr, classified by DS at follow-up as ‘normal’ (ie, vasculitis resolved); –, classified by DS as ‘normal’ or ‘arteriosclerotic’.