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In approximately 10% to 20% of patients, TA is reportedly complicated by ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. It is important to diagnose TA early and provide appropriate treatment to prevent complications from stroke. Diagnostic imaging techniques to visualize arterial stenosis are widely used in clinical practice. Even if no signs of cerebrovascular events are present at the time of the most recent evaluation of patients with TA, follow-up vascular imaging is important to monitor disease progression and changes in the cerebrovascular risk. However, the optimal imaging technique for monitoring of TA has not been established. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to describe newly available evidence on the usefulness of conventional imaging modalities (digital subtraction angiography, computed tomography angiography, magnetic resonance imaging\/angiography, duplex ultrasound, and positron emission tomography) and novel imaging modalities (optical coherence tomography, infrared thermography, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, and superb microvascular imaging) in the diagnosis and monitoring of TA.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics11111993","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,27]],"date-time":"2021-10-27T22:00:23Z","timestamp":1635372023000},"page":"1993","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Vascular Imaging Techniques to Diagnose and Monitor Patients with Takayasu Arteritis: A Review of the Literature"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2693-7585","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kazumasa","family":"Oura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba-Cho, Shiwa-Gun, Morioka 028-3695, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mao","family":"Yamaguchi Oura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba-Cho, Shiwa-Gun, Morioka 028-3695, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8098-457X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ryo","family":"Itabashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba-Cho, Shiwa-Gun, Morioka 028-3695, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tetsuya","family":"Maeda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba-Cho, Shiwa-Gun, Morioka 028-3695, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"103","DOI":"10.1093\/rheumatology\/41.1.103","article-title":"The story of Takayasu arteritis","volume":"41","author":"Numano","year":"2002","journal-title":"Rheumatology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"681","DOI":"10.3906\/sag-1804-136","article-title":"Takayasu arteritis: An update","volume":"48","author":"Keser","year":"2018","journal-title":"Turk. 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