By Associate Professor Anthony Sammel

Journal articles

Norman E; Fraser C; Lawlor M; Sammel A, 2024, 'A low Southend Giant Cell Arteritis Probability Score negates the need for a temporal artery biopsy in general and eye hospital cohorts', Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 63, pp. e170 - e171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead698

Cullen T; Griffith M; Damodaran A; Lewis E; McMillan F; Sammel A; Honeysette R; Biles B; Beadman K; Nathan S, 2024, 'The First Nations experience of accessing rheumatology services in a metropolitan hospital: A qualitative study', Health Expectations, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.14049

Lim MY; Ho Shon I; Sammel AM, 2024, 'Clinical Images: Crowned dens syndrome detected on ¹⁸F-fludeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography/computed tomography during investigation for giant cell arteritis', Arthritis and Rheumatology, 76, pp. 664 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.42777

Nguyen AAK; Sammel AM; Mollan SP; Subramanian PS; Fraser CL, 2024, 'Giant Cell Arteritis Incidence During the COVID Pandemic.', J Neuroophthalmol, 44, pp. e62 - e63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001638

Turner D; Luxton G; Yong K; Sammel A, 2024, 'The impact of coronavirus-19 vaccination on anti-nuclear cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis hospitalisations in a Sydney health network', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, pp. 483 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16343

Christie FA; Ho Shon I; Nguyen K; Caterson H; Bertouch J; Sammel AM, 2024, 'Clinical Image: Brachial arteritis on positron emission tomography/computed tomography in acute eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis', ACR Open Rheumatology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr2.11741

Singh KB; Nguyen K; Sammel A; Wegner EA; Ho Shon I, 2024, 'FDG PET/CT in large vessel vasculitis', Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.13800

Quigley J; Sammel AM; Laurent R; Brewer J; Hsiao E; Schembri G; Fraser CL; Mollan S, 2022, 'The Clinical Significance of Small Vessel Vasculitis on Temporal Artery Biopsies', Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 42, pp. 212 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001505

Caterson HC; Li A; March L; Bannon PG; Marshman D; Wolfenden HD; Kench J; Davidson T; Soh HC; Sammel AM, 2022, 'Post-operative outcomes of inflammatory thoracic aortitis: a study of 41 patients from a cohort of 1119 surgical cases', Clinical Rheumatology, 41, pp. 1219 - 1226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-021-05978-z

Islam S; Cullen T; Sumpton D; Damodaran A; Heath D; Bosco A; Doo NW; Kidson-Gerber G; Cheong A; Lawford R; Walsh R; Sammel A, 2022, 'VEXAS syndrome: lessons learnt from an early Australian case series', Internal Medicine Journal, 52, pp. 658 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15742

Spies MC; Gutjahr-Holland JA; Bertouch JV; Sammel AM, 2022, 'Prevalence of Neuropsychiatric Lupus in Psychosis Patients Who Have Tested Positive for Antinuclear Antibodies', Arthritis Care and Research, 74, pp. 427 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr.24472

Tang Lee Say TL; Yang V; Fingret JM; Zagora S; Symes R; Younan C; Cornish EE; Verma N; Sammel A; Wakefield D; Speden D; McCluskey PJ, 2021, 'Adalimumab in patients with vision-threatening uveitis: Real-world clinical experience', BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2021-000819

Sammel AM; Xue M; Karsten E; Little CB; Smith S; Nguyen K; Laurent R, 2021, 'Limited utility of novel serological biomarkers in patients newly suspected of having giant cell arteritis', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 24, pp. 781 - 788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.14111

Caterson H; Li A; March L; Bannon P; Kench J; Davidson T; Soh HC; Sammel A, 2021, 'OUTCOMES OF SURGICALLY RESECTED THORACIC AORTITIS: RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE REGISTRY', ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES, 80, pp. 654 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.1531

Johnson VL; Ryan J; Ho-Shon I; Davidson T; Sammel A, 2021, 'Clinical Images: Pulmonary Arteritis in Clinically Occult Aneurysmal Giant Cell Arteritis', ACR Open Rheumatology, 3, pp. 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr2.11249

Fraser CL; Sammel AM, 2021, 'Why it is time for an update on giant cell arteritis', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 49, pp. 99 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.13903

Xiong J; Sammel A; Laurent R; Fraser CL, 2021, 'Diagnostic utility of the chewing gum test in giant cell arteritis', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 49, pp. 83 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.13879

Kim LN; Sammel AM, 2020, 'A downward dog seldom bites: A rare case of bilateral ulnar artery thrombosis from yoga', Vascular Medicine (United Kingdom), 25, pp. 383 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1358863X20918664

Sammel AM; Smith S; Nguyen K; Laurent R; Brewer J; Hall N; Little CB, 2020, 'Assessment for varicella zoster virus in patients newly suspected of having giant cell arteritis', Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 59, pp. 1992 - 1996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez556

Ryan J; Tieu J; Bose B; Francis R; Gingold M; Goh L; Gray J; Hill CL; Hissaria P; Jahan S; Langguth D; Li J; McLean-Tooke A; Peh CA; Rahman M; Sammel T; Stamp LK; Street M; Swaminathan S; Wong NL; Kitching R, 2020, 'Formation of the Australia and New Zealand Vasculitis Society to improve the care of patients with Vasculitis in Australian and New Zealand', Internal Medicine Journal, 50, pp. 781 - 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14898

Dey A; Sammel AM, 2020, 'Old disease, new tricks Update on giant cell arteritis', Medicine Today, 21, pp. 47 - 52, https://medicinetoday.com.au/2020/july/regular-series/old-disease-new-tricks-update-giant-cell-arteritis

Caterson HC; Shah PR; Wegner EA; Sammel AM, 2020, 'Ophthalmic Inflammation on Positron Emission Tomography in Vision-Threatening Giant Cell Arteritis', Arthritis and Rheumatology, 72, pp. 1012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.41218

Sammel AM; Hsiao E; Schembri G; Bailey E; Nguyen K; Brewer J; Schrieber L; Janssen B; Youssef P; Fraser CL; Laurent R, 2020, 'Cranial and large vessel activity on positron emission tomography scan at diagnosis and 6 months in giant cell arteritis', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 23, pp. 582 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.13805

Spies M; Gutjahr-Holland J; Bertouch JV; Sammel A, 2020, 'THU0284 PREVALENCE OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC LUPUS IN PSYCHOSIS PATIENTS WITH A POSITIVE ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY', Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79, pp. 369.1 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.1585

Zagora SL; Cornish EE; Symes RJ; Younan C; Sammel A; Wakefield D; McCluskey P, 2019, 'Inflammatory eye and rheumatic disease', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 22, pp. 2091 - 2095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.13714

Sammel AM; Hsiao E; Schembri G; Nguyen K; Brewer J; Schrieber L; Janssen B; Youssef P; Fraser CL; Bailey E; Bailey DL; Roach P; Laurent R, 2019, 'Diagnostic Accuracy of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography of the Head, Neck, and Chest for Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Cross-Sectional Study', Arthritis and Rheumatology, 71, pp. 1319 - 1328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.40864

Sammel AM; Wolfenden HD; Joshua F; Jepson N, 2019, 'Reduced efficacy of transcatheter and surgical revascularization in Takayasu arteritis', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 22, pp. 152 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.12549

Sammel AM; Fraser CL, 2018, 'Update on giant cell arteritis', Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 29, pp. 520 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICU.0000000000000528

Sammel AM; Hamilton D; Omari A; McGrath M, 2018, 'Comment on: The proposed role of ultrasound in the management of giant cell arteritis in routine clinical practice', RHEUMATOLOGY, 57, pp. 1124 - 1125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key033

Sammel AM; Fung S; Omari A, 2018, 'Images in Vascular Medicine: Non-thrombotic pulmonary artery embolism - Don't forget the differential.', Vasc Med, 23, pp. 185 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1358863X17739145

Sammel AM; Hsiao E; Nguyen K; Schembri G; Laurent R, 2018, 'Maxillary artery 18F-FDG uptake as a new finding on PET/CT scan in a cohort of 41 patients suspected of having giant cell arteritis.', Int J Rheum Dis, 21, pp. 560 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.13241

Sammel AM; Hsiao E; Schrieber L; Janssen B; Youssef P; Fraser CL; Kuo CH; Dunn H; Bailey DL; Roach P; Schembri G; Bailey E; Nguyen K; Farmakis P; Laurent R, 2017, 'Fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography uptake in the superficial temporal and vertebral arteries in biopsy positive giant cell arteritis', Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 23, pp. 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RHU.0000000000000543

Armellin L; Sammel AM; Ng B; Sarathy K; Lambros J; Amir-Nezami T; Thomas SD; Highton J; Damodaran A, 2017, 'Coronary artery stenting in acute coronary syndrome associated with giant cell arteritis', Journal of Cardiology Cases, 16, pp. 77 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2017.05.008

Sammel AM; Spies MC; DeCarle R; Rayment M; Joshua F, 2017, 'Shear-wave elastographic ultrasound of metacarpophalangeal synovium in rheumatoid arthritis - A pilot study.', Australas J Ultrasound Med, 20, pp. 58 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajum.12047

Sammel AM; Rosettenstein K; Post JJ; Bertouch JV, 2016, 'FRI0365 Limited Evidence of Active Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infection in A Cohort of Acute Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Patients', Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75, pp. 567.1 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.1318

Sammel AM; Spies MC; DeCarle R; Rayment M; Joshua F, 2016, 'FRI0525 Elastographic Ultrasound of Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Synovium in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)', Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75, pp. 629.2 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.1331

Sammel AM; Drew TL; Low JP; Damodaran AK, 2015, 'Giant cell (temporal) arteritis : What GPS need to know', Medicine Today, 16, pp. 57 - 62

Chen DH; Sammel AM; Jain P; Jepson NS, 2015, 'Cardiologist Operated Ultrasound Guided Thrombin Injection as a Safe and Efficacious First Line Treatment for Iatrogenic Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysms', Heart Lung and Circulation, 24, pp. 165 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2014.07.066

Sammel AM; Chen D; Jepson N, 2013, 'New Generation Coronary Stent Technology-Is the Future Biodegradable?', Heart Lung and Circulation, 22, pp. 495 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.02.008

Chen D; Sammel A; Jain P; Jepson N; Batt P, 2012, 'Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Thrombin Injection as a Safe and Efficacious Primary Treatment of Iatrogenic Femoral Pseudoaneurysms for the Interventional Cardiologist', JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 60, pp. B115 - B116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.432

Chen D; Sammel A; Jain P; Batt P; Jepson N, 2012, 'Ultrasound Guided Thrombin Injection – A Safe and Efficacious Treatment for Iatrogenic Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysms Despite Concomitant Antiplatelet and Antithrombotic Therapy', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 21, pp. S183 - S183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.454

Conference Papers

Say TLTL; Yang V; Fingret J; Zagora SL; Symes R; Younan C; Cornish EE; Sammel A; Wakefield D; Speden D; McCluskey PJ, 2021, 'Adalimumab therapy in patients with vision threatening uveitis', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000690761100512&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Caterson H; Li A; March L; Bannon P; Kench J; Davidson T; Soh H-C; Sammel A, 2021, 'OUTCOMES OF SURGICALLY RESECTED THORACIC AORTITIS: RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE MULTI-CENTRE REGISTRY', in INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, WILEY, pp. 13 - 13, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000651518500026&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Sammel A; Hsiao E; Schembri G; Bailey E; Nguyen K; Brewer J; Janssen B; Schrieber L; Youssef P; Fraser C; Laurent R, 2019, 'PET/CT Vascular Findings at Baseline and Six Months in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Giant Cell Arteritis', in ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, WILEY, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000507466904435&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Sammel A; Schembri G; Nguyen K; Dunn H; Roach P; Youssef P; Schrieber L; Janssen B; Hsiao E; Bailey E; Bailey D; Fraser C; Kuo C; Farmakis P; Weim ; Laurent R, 2017, 'VASCULAR INVOLVEMENT IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA) - INTERIM RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE FDG PET-CT STUDY', in INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, WILEY, pp. 6 - 6, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000400304400007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Abstracts

Malik R; Sammel A; Fraser C, 2022, 'Temporal artery biopsies at Sydney Eye Hospital-An 11-year review', in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Wiley, Vol. 50, pp. 929 - 929, presented at Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists 53rd Annual Scientific Congress, 28 October 2022 - 01 November 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.14156

McMaster C; Yang V; Malik R; Norman E; Fraser C; Sutu B; Sammel A; Liew D, 2022, 'TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY POSITIVITY RATES VARY MORE BETWEEN SIMILAR HOSPITALS THAN BY LENGTH, WITH PARTICULAR VARIATION BETWEEN GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS', in ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, DENMARK, Copenhagen, Vol. 81, pp. 1427 - 1428, presented at EULAR European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), DENMARK, Copenhagen, 01 June 2022 - 04 June 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.4218

McMaster C; Yang V; Malik R; Norman E; Fraser C; Sutu B; Sammel A; Liew D, 2022, 'Variation in giant cell arteritis diagnostic practice by temporal artery biopsy is more dependent on hospital site than biopsy length or patient characteristics, with particular variation between Australian states', in Internal Medicine Journal, Wiley, Hybrid Meeting with Satellite Hubs Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, Vol. 52, pp. 37 - 38, presented at Australian Rheumatology Association 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Hybrid Meeting with Satellite Hubs Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, 20 May 2022 - 22 May 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imj.15756

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