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The head of the Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology at the University Hospital in Bonn, Professor Valentin Schafer MD will be carrying out a live demonstration of the diagnosis of Gaint-cell arthritis through the axillary artery.
By examining the axillary artery it will make the diagnosis for GCA a lot easier. This is because the axillary artery is a superficial vessel and is, therefore, a lot larger and easier to detect any anomalies.
Professor Valentin starts of the ultrasound scan in longitudinal section and demonstrates how you would locate the axillary artery on a patient's arm. Professor Schafer then goes on to explain how to identify GCA in an axilllary artery by the naked eye and by using Doppler.
Watch the video below for further information about the diagnosis of GCA through the axillary artery.
