VCRC Longitudinal Protocol for Aortitis

Inclusion Criteria

• •Subjects will be included if they meet one of the following criteria:
• •1. Previous or current microscopic evidence of aortitis (active or healed) on surgical specimen obtained during aortic resection
• •2. Previous or current radiographic aortitis that could include circumferential aortic wall thickening of at least 3mm on CT or MRI or increased PET FDG uptake in the aorta at values equal to or greater than the liver, in absence of an alternative explanation for the radiographic findings.
• •Exclusion
• •1. Subjects already enrolled in one of the other VCRC longitudinal cohorts: 5502, 5503, 5504, 5505, and 5506.
• •2. Inability of participants (or their guardians in the case of children) to give informed consent and to sign the consent form.