Incidence and predictors of large‐artery complication (aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and/or large‐artery stenosis) in patients with giant cell arteritis: A population‐based study over 50 years

Objective To determine the incidence and predictors of large‐artery complication (aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and/or large‐artery stenosis) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods The cohort of all residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, in whom GCA was diagnosed between January 1, 1950, and December 31, 1999, was followed up. The incidence of aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and large‐artery stenosis was determined....