EULAR/PReS Criteria for Childhood Vasculitides: Takayasu Arteritis

Patient selection: pediatric patient

Criteria for the diagnosis of Takayasu Arteritis - both of the following:

(1) abnormality of the aorta and/or its main branches (by conventional angiography, MRI angiography, etc

(2) one or more of the following:

(2a) decreased peripheral arterial pulses and/or claudication of extremities

(2b) blood pressure difference in the upper extremities > 10 mm Hg

(2c) bruits over the aorta and/or its major branches

(2d) hypertension (using age and racial appropriate cut-offs)

Alternative diagnoses should be excluded (not listed as a criterion).