Table 1

Study patients

	Patient
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
AION = anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, CRAO = central retinal artery occlusion, ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate, +H = healed giant cell arteritis, A = atherosclerosis, ARMD = age related macular degeneration.
Age (years)	77	69	81	80	79	90	68	68	71	65	80
Sex	F	F	F	F	M	F	F	F	M	F	M
Headache	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tender temporal artery	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Jaw claudication	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-
Visual loss	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+
Amaurosis fugax	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
Diplopia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
AION	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
CRAO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pale disc	ARMD	-	-
Systemic symptoms	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+
ESR (mm/h)	46	40	110	104	82	97	24	65	82	30	80
Artery biopsy length (mm)	13	17	25	10	15	5	4.5	2.5	33	4	7
Duration of steroid (days)	0	4	17	18	25	30	32	36	36	37	45
Result	+	+	-	+	+	+(H)	+	+(H)	+	A	+