People with the two most common types of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) face a substantially higher risk of cardiovascular disease and thromboembolism (blood clots) than the general population, according to a nationwide Swedish analysis. The study, which compared over 4,000 patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) or microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)…
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One in seven people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) has renal arteritis, or inflammation of the small arteries in the kidney, and this condition appears to be associated with an increased risk of kidney failure, a multicenter study in China showed. “The presence of renal arteritis may represent a widespread…
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Higher levels of the complement protein C5a in urine may provide a noninvasive way of identifying more severe kidney involvement and a greater likelihood of poor outcomes in people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), a study suggests. In an unadjusted analysis, high urinary C5a was associated with a 3.73-fold higher…
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