To assess the findings of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of carotid arteries in patients with large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and to compare them with those observed using 
A total of 31 consecutive patients with LVV (14 with Takayasu arteritis, 17 with giant cell arteritis with large vessel involvement) underwent both PET/computed tomography and carotid artery color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) for a total of 35 combined assessments. Right carotid artery CEUS was performed after CDUS in all assessments. Kerr's criteria, a complete clinical examination, and acute phase reactants were simultaneously evaluated. The intensity of vascular uptake and vascularization of the carotid artery wall were compared.
Ten 
Carotid CEUS vascularization grade and the grade of vascular inflammation on 