• Lehrauftrag für Innere Medizin / Rheumatologie in der Universitätsmedizin Berlin an der Humboldt Universität und Freien Universität Berlin 
• Ultraschall Ausbilder - Bewegungsorgane: DEGUM Stufe III, EFSUM Stufe III, EULAR Teacher und Didaktik-Trainer; Bewegungsorgane, Abdomen, Halsweichteile, Echokardiographie, Gefäße: KV-Berlin
• OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology): Leitung Ultrasound Sub-Taskforce Large Vessel Vasculitis, Gout
• EULAR (European League against Rheumatism): Co-opted member of the Standing Committee on Musculoskelatal Imaging
• Mitglied American College of Rheumatology
• Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie
• Mitglied Deutsche Rheumaliga
• Mitglied DEGUM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin)

• Schmidt WA. Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Monitoring Takayasu Arteritis. J Rheumatol 2022;49:1185-1187.
• Dejaco C, Kerschbaumer A, Aletaha D, Bond M, Hysa E, Camellino D, Ehlers L, Abril A, Appenzeller S, Cid MC, Dasgupta B, Duftner C, Grayson PC, Hellmich B, Hočevar A, Kermani TA, Matteson EL, Mollan SP, Neill L, Ponte C, Salvarani C, Sattui SE, Schmidt WA, Seo P, Smolen JS, Thiel J, Toro-Gutiérrez CE, Whitlock M, Buttgereit F. Treat-to-target recommendations in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica.
• Ann Rheum Dis 2023 Feb 24 [Epub].
• Schmidt WA. How extensively should ultrasound be performed in suspected giant cell arteritis? Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023;62:1733-1735.
• Schmidt WA. Monitoring giant cell arteritis with ultrasound. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023;62:2948-2950.
• Schmidt WA. Vascular ultrasound in rheumatology practice. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2023 Jul 5:101847.
• Venhoff N, Schmidt WA, Bergner R, Rech J, Unger L, Tony HP, Finzel S, Andreica I, Kofler DM, Weiner SM, Lamprecht P, Schulze-Koops H, App C, Pournara E, Mendelson MH, Sieder C, Maricos M, Thiel J, Safety and efficacy of secukinumab in patients with giant cell arteritis (TitAIN): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Rheumatol 2023;5:E341-350.
• Dejaco C, Ramiro S, Bond M, Bosch P, Ponte C, Mackie SL, Bley TA, Blockmans D, Brolin S, Bolek EC, Cassie R, Cid MC, Molina-Collada J, Dasgupta B, Nielsen BD, De Miguel E, Direskeneli H, Duftner C, Hočevar A, Molto A, Schäfer VS, Seitz L, Slart RHJA, Schmidt WA. EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice: 2023 update. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Aug 7 [Epub].
• Bosch P, Bond M, Dejaco C, Ponte C, Mackie SL, Falzon L, Schmidt WA, Ramiro S. Imaging in diagnosis, monitoring and outcome prediction of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the 2023 update of the EULAR recommendations. RMD Open. 2023:e003379.
• Sirotti S, Terslev L, Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Möller I, Naredo E, Vreju FA, Dainolfi A, Becce F, Berner Hammer H, Cazenave T, Cipolletta E, Christinsen SN; Delle Sedie A, Diaz M, Figus F, Mandl P, MacCarter D, Mortada MA, Mouterde G, Porta F, Reginato AM, Schmidt WA, Serbam T, Wakefield RJ, Zufferey P, Sarzi-Puttini P, Zanetti A, Damiani A, Pineda C, Keen HI, D’Agostino MA, Filippou, on behalf of theOMERACT Ultrasound working group-CPPD subgroup. Development and validation of an OMERACT ultrasound scoring system for the extent of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition at the joint level and patient level. Lancet Rheumatology 2023;5: E474-482.
• Schmidt WA, Kraft HE, Völker L, Vorpahl K, Gromnica-Ihle EJ. Colour Doppler sonography to diagnose temporal arteritis. Lancet 1995;345:866
• Schmidt WA, Kraft HE, Vorpahl K, Völker L, Gromnica-Ihle EJ. Color duplex ultrasonography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1336-1342
• Schmidt WA, Völker L, Zacher J, Schläfke M, Ruhnke M, Gromnica-Ihle E. Colour Doppler ultrasonography to detect pannus in knee-joint synovitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2000;18:439-444
• Schmidt WA. Value of sonography in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Lancet 2001;357:1056-1057
• Schmidt WA, Gromnica-Ihle E. Incidence of temporal arteritis in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a prospective study using colour Doppler sonography of the temporal arteries. Rheumatology 2002;41:46-52
• Schmidt WA, Nerenheim A, Seipelt E, Poehls C, Gromnica-Ihle E. Early diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis by colour Doppler ultrasonography. Rheumatology 2002;41:496-502
• Schmidt WA, Gromnica-Ihle E. Duplex ultrasonography in temporal arteritis. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:609
• Schmidt WA, Schmidt H, Schicke B, Gromnica-Ihle E. Standard reference values for musculoskeletal ultrasonography. Ann Rheum Dis 2004;63:988-994
• Schmidt WA, Blockmans D. Use of ultrasonography and positron emission tomography in the diagnosis and assessment of large-vessel vasculitis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2005;17:9-15
• Scheel AK, Schmidt WA, Hermann KG, Bruyn GA, D'Agostino MA, Grassi W, Iagnocco A, Koski JM, Machold KP, Naredo E, Sattler H, Swen N, Szkudlarek M, Wakefield RJ, Ziswiler HR, Pasewaldt D, Werner C, Backhaus M. Interobserver reliability of rheumatologists performing musculoskeletal ultrasonography: results from a EULAR "Train the Trainers" course. Ann Rheum Dis 2005;64:1043-1049
• Karassa FB, Matsagas MI, Schmidt WA, Ioannidis JP. Diagnostic performance of ultrasonography for giant-cell arteritis: a meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2005;142:359-369
• Schmidt WA, Wernicke D, Kiefer E, Gromnica-Ihle E. Colour duplex sonography of finger arteries in vasculitis and in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2006;65:265-267
• Schmidt WA. The role of color and power Doppler sonography in rheumatology. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol (Nat Rev Rheumatol) 2007;3:35-42
• Schmidt WA, Seifert A, Gromnica-Ihle E, Krause A, Natusch A. Ultrasound of proximal upper extremity arteries to increase the diagnostic yield in large-vessel giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology 2008;47:96-101
• Wernicke D, Hess H, Gromnica-Ihle E, Krause A, Schmidt WA. Ultrasonography of salivary glands - a highly specific imaging procedure for diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome. J Rheumatol 2008;35:285-293
• Schmidt WA, Schicke B, Krause A. Schultergelenkerguss: Welcher Ultraschallschnitt ist der beste? Ultraschall Med 2008;29(Suppl 5):250-255
• Schmidt WA, Moll A, Seifert A, Schicke B, Gromnica-Ihle E, Krause A. Prognosis of large-vessel giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology 2008;47:1406-1408
• Schmidt WA, Krause A, Schicke B, Wernicke D. Color Doppler ultrasonography of hand and finger arteries to differentiate primary from secondary forms of Raynaud’s phenomenon. J Rheumatol 2008;35:1591-1598
• Schmidt WA, Backhaus M. What the practising rheumatologist needs to know about the technical fundamentals of ultrasonography. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2008;22:981-999
• Sattler A, Wagner U, Rossol M, Sieper J, Wu P, Krause A, Schmidt WA, Radmer S, Kohler S, Romagnani C, Thiel A. Cytokine-induced human IFN secreting effector-memory Th-cells in chronic autoimmune inflammation. Blood 2009;113:1948-1956
• Bruyn GA, Naredo E, Moller I, Moragues C, Garrido J, de Bock GH, D'Agostino MA, Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Backhaus M, Swen N, Balint PV, Pineda C, Milutinovic S, Kane DJ, Kealey G, Narvaez JA, de Agustin J, Wakefield RJ, Narvaez J, Schmidt WA. Reliability of ultrasonography in detecting shoulder disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2009;68:357-361
• Blockmans D, Bley T, Schmidt W. Imaging for large-vessel vasculitis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2009;21:19-28
• Schmidt WA, Krause A, Schicke B, Kuchenbecker J, Gromnica-Ihle E. Do temporal artery ultrasound findings correlate with ophthalmic complications in giant cell arteritis? Rheumatology 2009;48:383-385; 2009 Jan 29 [Epub ahead of print]
• Bruyn GA, Schmidt WA. How to perform ultrasound-guided injections. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2009;23:269-279
• Backhaus M, Ohrndorf S, Kellner H, Strunk J, Backhaus TM, Hartung W, Sattler H, Albrecht K, Kaufmann J, Becker K, Sörensen H, Meier L, Burmester GR, Schmidt WA. Evaluation of a novel 7-joint ultrasound score in daily rheumatologic practice: A pilot project. Arthritis Rheum 2009;61:1194-1201
• Naredo E, D’Agostino MA, Conaghan PG, Backhaus M, Balint P, Berner Hammer H, Bruyn GAW, Filippucci E, Grassi W, Iagnocco A, Kane D, Koski JM, Szkudlarek M, Terslev L, Wakefield RJ, Ziswiler HR, Schmidt WA. Current state of musculoskeletal ultrasound training and implementation in Europe: results of a survey of experts and scientific societies. Rheumatology 2010;49:2438-2443
• Schirmer M, Duftner C, Schmidt WA, Dejaco C. Ultrasonography in inflammatory rheumatic disease: an overview. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2011;7:479-488
• Terslev L, D'Agostino MA, Brossard M, Aegerter P, Balint P, Backhaus M, Bruyn G, Chary-Valckenare I, Filippucci E, Freeston J, Gandjbakhch F, Iagnocco A, Jousse-Joulin S, Mandl P, Möller I, Naredo E, Szkudlarek M, Wakefield RJ, Zayat A, Schmidt WA. Which knee and probe position determines the final diagnosis of knee inflammation by ultrasound? Results from a European multicenter study. Ultraschall Med 2012;33:E173-E178
• Dasgupta B, Cimmino MA, Maradit-Kremers H, Schmidt WA, Schirmer M, Salvarani C, Bachta A, Dejaco C, Duftner C, Jensen HS, Duhaut P, Poór G, Kaposi NP, Mandl P, Balint PV, Schmidt Z, Iagnocco A, Nannini C, Cantini F, Macchioni P, Pipitone N, Amo MD, Espígol-Frigolé G, Cid MC, Martínez-Taboada VM, Nordborg E, Direskeneli H, Aydin SZ, Ahmed K, Hazleman B, Silverman B, Pease C, Wakefield RJ, Luqmani R, Abril A, Michet CJ, Marcus R, Gonter NJ, Maz M, Carter RE, Crowson CS, Matteson EL. 2012 provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative. Ann Rheum Dis 2012;71:484-492
• Matteson EL, Maradit-Kremers H, Cimmino MA, Schmidt WA, Schirmer M, Salvarani C, Bachta A, Dejaco C, Duftner C, Slott Jensen H, Poór G, Kaposi NP, Mandl P, Balint PV, Schmidt Z, Iagnocco A, Cantini F, Nannini C, Macchioni P, Pipitone N, Del Amo M, Espígol-Frigolé G, Cid MC, Martínez-Taboada VM, Nordborg E, Direskeneli H, Aydin SZ, Ahmed K, Hazelman B, Pease C, Wakefield RJ, Luqmani R, Abril A, Marcus R, Gonter NJ, Maz M, Crowson CS, Dasgupta B. Patient-reported outcomes in polymyalgia rheumatica. J Rheumatol 2012;39:795-803
• Bley TA, Ostendorf B, Scherer A, Kellner H, Schmidt WA. Magnetresonanzangiographie in der Rheumatologie. Z Rheumatol 2012;71:430-435
• Schmidt WA, Schicke B, Ostendorf B, Scherer A, Krause A, Walther M. Low-field MRI versus ultrasound: which is more sensitive in detecting inflammation and bone damage in MCP and MTP joints in mild or moderate rheumatoid arthritis? Clin Exp Rheumatol 2013;31:91-96
• Schmidt WA. Imaging in vasculitis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2013;27:107-118
• Colebatch AN, Edwards CJ, Ostergaard M, van der Heijde D, Balint PV, D'Agostino MA, Forslind K, Grassi W, Haavardsholm EA, Haugeberg G, Jurik AG, Landewé RB, Naredo E, O'Connor PJ, Ostendorf B, Potocki K, Schmidt WA, Smolen JS, Sokolovic S, Watt I, Conaghan PG. EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013;72:804-808
• D’Agostino MA, Schmidt WA. Ultrasound-guided injections in rheumatology: Actual knowledge on efficacy and procedures. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2013;27:283-294
• Schäfer VS, Fleck M, Kellner H, Strunk J, Sattler H, Schmidt WA, Ehrenstein B, Backhaus M, Hartung W. Evaluation of the novel ultrasound score for large joints in psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis: six month experience in daily clinical practice. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Dec 19;14:358. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-358.
• Schmidt WA. Role of ultrasound in the understanding and management of vasculitis. Ther Adv Rheum Dis 2014;6:39-47
• Schmidt WA. Imaging: Whole-body MRI in RA: do we still need the rheumatologist? Nat Rev Rheumatol 2014;10:130-2
• Schmidt WA. Ultrasound in vasculitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2014; 32(1 Suppl 80):S71-7
• Huppertz A, Hermann KG, Diekhoff T, Wagner M, Hamm B, Schmidt WA. Systemic staging for urate crystal deposits with dual-energy CT and ultrasound in patients with suspected gout. Rheumatol Int 2014;34:763-771
• Schmidt WA. Ultrasound in Rheumatology. Int J Rheum Dis 2014;17:709-713
• Schmidt WA, Schönau V, Reiche BE, Oberdorfer PD, Ohrndorf S, Backhaus M. Grading of ultrasound Doppler signals in synovitis: Does it need an update? Rheumatology (Oxford) 2015; 54:1897-1903
• Bruyn GAW, Schmidt WA. Introductory guide to musculoskeletal ultrasound for the rheumatologist. Houten, NL: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum / Springer. 2006 & 2011 (Englisch), 2007 (Koreanisch), 2009 & 2013 (Polnisch), 2014 (Tschechisch), 2017 (Türkisch)
• Gutierrez M, Schmidt WA, Thiele RG, Keen HI, Kaeley GS, Naredo E, Iagnocco A, Bruyn GA, Balint PV, Filippucci E, Mandl P, Kane D, Pineda C, Delle Sedie A, Hammer HB, Christensen R, D'Agostino MA, Terslev L; OMERACT Ultrasound Gout Task Force group. International Consensus for ultrasound lesions in gout: results of Delphi process and web-reliability exercise. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2015,54:1797-805
• Terslev L, Gutierrez M, Christensen R, Balint PV, Bruyn GA, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Garrido J, Hammer HB, Iagnocco A, Kane D, Kealey G, Keen HI, Mandl P, Naredo E, Pineda C, Schicke B, Thiele RG, D'Agostino MA, Schmidt WA; OMERACT Ultrasound Gout Task Force group. Assessing elementary components in gout by ultrasound: Results of a patient-based agreement and reliability exercise. J Rheumatol 2015;42:2149-2154
• Dejaco C, Singh YP, Perel P, Hutchings A, Camellino D, Mackie S, Abril A, Bachta A, Balint P, Barraclough K, Bianconi L, Buttgereit F, Carsons S, Ching D, Cid M, Cimmino M, Diamantopoulos A, Docken W, Duftner C, Fashanu B, Gilbert K, Hildreth P, Hollywood J, Jayne D, Lima M, Maharaj A, Mallen C, Martinez-Taboada V, Maz M, Merry S, Miller J, Mori S, Neill L, Nordborg E, Nott J, Padbury H, Pease C, Salvarani C, Schirmer M, Schmidt W, Spiera R, Tronnier D, Wagner A, Whitlock M, Matteson EL, Dasgupta B. 2015 Recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative. Ann Rheum Dis 2015;74:1799-1807
• Luqmani R, Lee E, Singh S, Gillett M, Schmidt WA, Bradburn M, Dasgupta B, Diamantopoulos AP, Forrester-Barker W, Hamilton W, Masters S, McDonald B, McNally E, Pease C, Piper J, Salmon J, Wailoo A, Wolfe K, Hutchings A. The role of ultrasound compared to biopsy of temporal arteries in the diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis (TABUL): a diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness study. Health Technol Assess 2016;20(90):1-238
• Schäfer VS, Juche A, Ramiro S, Krause A, Schmidt WA. Ultrasound cut-off values for intima-media thickness of temporal, facial and axillary arteries in giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017;56:1479-1483
• Schäfer VS, Schmidt WA. Ultraschalldiagnostik beim Sjögren Syndrom. Z Rheumatol 2017;76:589-594.
• Möller I, Janta I, Backhaus M, Ohrndorf S, Bong DA, Martinoli C, Filippucci E, Sconfienza LM, Terslev L, Damjanov N, Hammer HB, Sudol-Szopinska I, Grassi W, Balint P, Bruyn GAW, D'Agostino MA, Hollander D, Siddle HJ, Supp G, Schmidt WA, Iagnocco A, Koski J, Kane D, Fodor D, Bruns A, Mandl P, Kaeley GS, Micu M, Ho C, Vlad V, Chávez-López M, Filippou G, Cerón CE, Nestorova R, Quintero M, Wakefield R, Carmona L, Naredo E. The 2017 EULAR standardised procedures for ultrasound imaging in rheumatology. Ann Rheum Dis 2017;76:1974-1979
• Schmidt WA. Ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018;57 (Suppl 2):ii22–ii31
• Dejaco C, Ramiro S, Duftner C, Besson FL, Bley TA, Blockmans D, Brouwer E, Cimmino MA, Clark E, Dasgupta B, Diamantopoulos AP, Direskeneli H, Iagnocco A, Klink T, Neill L, Ponte C, Salvarani C, Slart RHJA, Whitlock M, Schmidt WA. EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice. Ann Rheum Dis 2018;77:636-643
• Duftner C, Dejaco C, Sepriano A, Falzon L, Schmidt WA, Ramiro S. Imaging in diagnosis, outcome prediction and monitoring of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR recommendations. RMD Open 2018 Feb 2;4:e000612
• Filippou G, Scirè CA, Adinolfi A, Damjanov NS, Carrara G, Bruyn GAW, Cazenave T, D'Agostino MA, Delle Sedie A, Di Sabatino V, Diaz Cortes ME, Filippucci E, Gandjbakhch F, Gutierrez M, Maccarter DK, Micu M, Möller Parera I, Mouterde G, Mortada MA, Naredo E, Pineda C, Porta F, Reginato AM, Satulu I, Schmidt WA, Serban T, Terslev L, Vlad V, Vreju FA, Zufferey P, Bozios P, Toscano C, Picerno V, Iagnocco A. Identification of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) by ultrasound: reliability of the OMERACT definitions in an extended set of joints-an international multiobserver study by the OMERACT Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease Ultrasound Subtask Force. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018;77:1194-1199
• Schäfer VS, Weiß K, Krause A, Schmidt WA. Does erythrocyte sedimentation rate reflect and discriminate flare from infection in systemic lupus erythematosus? Correlation with clinical and laboratory parameters of disease activity. Clin Rheumatol 2018;37:1835-1844
• Chrysidis S, Duftner C, Dejaco C, Schäfer VS, Ramiro S, Carrara G, Scirè CA, Hocevar A, Diamantopoulos AP, Iagnocco A, Mukhtyar C, Ponte C, Naredo E, De Miguel E, Bruyn GA, Warrington KJ, Terslev L, Milchert M, D’Agostino MA, Koster MJ, Rastalsky N, Hanova P, Macchioni P, Kermani TA, Lorenzen T, Møller Døhn U, Fredberg U, Hartung W, Dasgupta B, Schmidt WA. Definitions and reliability assessment of elementary ultrasound lesions in giant cell arteritis: a study from the OMERACT Large Vessel Vasculitis Ultrasound Working Group. RMD Open 2018;4:e000598.
• Schäfer VS, Chrysidis S, Dejaco C, Duftner C, Iagnocco A, Bruyn GA, Carrara G, D'Agostino MA, De Miguel E, Diamantopoulos AP, Fredberg U, Hartung W, Hocevar A, Juche A, Kermani TA, Koster MJ, Lorenzen T, Macchioni P, Milchert M, Døhn UM, Mukhtyar C, Ponte C, Ramiro S, Scirè CA, Terslev L, Warrington KJ, Dasgupta B, Schmidt WA. Assessing vasculitis in giant cell arteritis by ultrasound: Results of OMERACT patient-based reliability exercises. J Rheumatol 2018,45:1289-1295.
• Balint PV, Terslev L, Aegerter P, Bruyn GAW, Chary-Valckenaere I, Gandjbakhch F, Iagnocco A, Jousse-Joulin S, Möller I, Naredo E, Schmidt WA, Wakefield RJ, D'Agostino MA; OMERACT Ultrasound Task Force members. Reliability of a consensus-based ultrasound definition and scoring for enthesitis in spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis: an OMERACT US initiative. Ann Rheum Dis 2018;77:1730-1735.
• Schmidt WA, Blockmans D. Investigations in systemic vasculitis - The role of imaging. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2018;32:63-82.
• Ehlers L, Askling J, Bijlsma HW, Cid MC, Cutolo M, Dasgupta B, Dejaco C, Dixon WG, Feltelius N, Finckh A, Gilbert K, Mackie SL, Mahr A, Matteson EL, Neill L, Salvarani C, Schmidt WA, Strangfeld A, van Vollenhoven RF, Buttgereit F. 2018 EULAR recommendations for a core data set to support observational research and clinical care in giant cell arteritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2019;78:1160-1166.
• Jousse-Joulin S, D'Agostino MA, Nicolas C, Naredo E, Ohrndorf S, Backhaus M, Tamborrini G, Chary-Valckenaere I, Terslev L, Iagnocco A, Collado P, Hernández-Díaz C, Gandjbakhch F, Schmidt WA, Filippou G, Dejaco C, Stradner MH, Mortada MA, Hočevar A, Chrysidis S, El Mardenly G, de Agustín JJ, Thiele R, MacCarter DK, Finzel S, Hanova P, Zabotti A, Glaser C, Alavi Z, Hammenfors DS, Gatineau F, Bruyn GAW. Video clip assessment of a salivary gland ultrasound scoring system in Sjögren's syndrome using consensual definitions: an OMERACT ultrasound working group reliability exercise. Ann Rheum Dis 2019;78:967-973.
• Schmidt WA, Hartung W. Bildgebende Diagnostik bei Großgefäßvaskulitiden. CME Zertifizierte Fortbildung. Z Rheumatol 2019;78:847-858.
• Schmidt WA. The ultrasound halo sign of temporal arteries: is it always giant cell arteritis? Rheumatology (Oxford) 2019;58:1898-1899.
• Hellmich B, Agueda A, Monti S, Buttgereit F, de Boysson H, Brouwer E, Cassie R, Cid MC, Dasgupta B, Dejaco C, Hatemi G, Hollinger N, Mahr A, Mollan SP, Mukhtyar C, Ponte C, Salvarani C, Sivakumar R, Tian X, Tomasson G, Turesson C, Schmidt W, Villiger PM, Watts R, Young C, Luqmani RA. 2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2020;79:19-30.
• Mackie SL, Dejaco C, Appenzeller S, Camellino D, Duftner C, Gonzalez-Chiappe S, Mahr A, Mukhtyar C, Reynolds G, de Souza AWS, Brouwer E, Bukhari M, Buttgereit F, Byrne D, Cid MC, Cimmino M, Direskeneli H, Gilbert K, Kermani TA, Khan A, Lanyon P, Luqmani R, Mallen C, Mason JC, Matteson EL, Merkel PA, Mollan S, Neill L, Sullivan EO, Sandovici M, Schmidt WA, Watts R, Whitlock M, Yacyshyn E, Ytterberg S, Dasgupta B. British Society for Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis: executive summary. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2020;59:487-494.
• Schmidt WA. Polymyalgia rheumatica mit und ohne Großgefäßvaskulitis. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2020;145:895-902.
• Schmidt WA, Dasgupta B, Luqmani R, Unizony S, Lai Z, Kurrasch R, Lazic I, Brown K, Blockmans D, Rao R. A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sirukumab in the treatment of giant cell arteritis. Rheumatol Ther 2020;7:793-810.
• Schmidt WA, Nielsen BD. Imaging in large-vessel vasculitis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2020;34:101589.
• Schirmer JH, Aries PM, Balzer K, Berlit P, Bley TA, Buttgereit F, Czihal M, Dechant C, Dejaco C, Garske U, Henes J, Holle JU, Holl-Ulrich K, Lamprecht P, Nölle B, Moosig F, Rech J, Scheuermann K, Schmalzing M, Schmidt WA, Schneider M, Schulze-Koops H, Venhoff N, Villiger PM, Witte T, Zänker M, Hellmich B. S2k-Leitlinie (Kurzfassung): Management der Großgefäßvaskulitiden. Z Rheumatol 2020;79:937-942.
• Costantino F, Carmona L, Boers M, Backhaus M, Balint PV, Bruyn GA, Christensen R, Conaghan PG, Ferreira RJO, Garrido-Castro JL, Guillemin F, Hammer HB, van der Heijde D, Iagnocco A, Kortekaas MC, Landewé RB, Mandl P, Naredo E, Schmidt WA, Terslev L, Terwee CB, Thiele R, D'Agostino MA. EULAR recommendations for the reporting of ultrasound studies in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). Ann Rheum Dis 2021;80:840-847.
• Venhoff N, Schmidt WA, Lamprecht P, Tony HP, App C, Sieder C, Legeler C, Jentzsch C, Thiel J. Efficacy and safety of secukinumab in patients with giant cell arteritis: study protocol for a randomized, parallel group, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial. Trials 2021;22:543.
• Weiß K, Schmidt WA, Krause A, Schäfer VS. A study on echocardiographic findings in hospitalized patients with connective tissue diseases. Scand J Rheumatol 2022;51:142-151.
• Bosch P, Dejaco C, Schmidt WA, Schlüter KD, Pregartner G, Schäfer VS. Association of ultrasound-confirmed axillary artery vasculitis and clinical outcomes in giant cell arteritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2022;56:152051.
• Dejaco C, Ponte C, Monti S, Rozza D, Scirè CA, Terslev L, Bruyn GAW, Boumans D, Hartung W, Hočevar A, Milchert M, Døhn UM, Mukhtyar CB, Aschwanden M, Bosch P, Camellino D, Chrysidis S, Ciancio G, D'Agostino MA, Daikeler T, Dasgupta B, De Miguel E, Diamantopoulos AP, Duftner C, Agueda A, Fredberg U, Hanova P, Hansen IT, Hauge EM, Iagnocco A, Inanc N, Juche A, Karalilova R, Kawamoto T, Keller KK, Keen HI, Kermani TA, Kohler MJ, Koster M, Luqmani RA, Macchioni P, Mackie SL, Naredo E, Nielsen BD, Ogasawara M, Pineda C, Schäfer VS, Seitz L, Tomelleri A, Torralba KD, van der Geest KSM, Warrington KJ, Schmidt WA. The provisional OMERACT ultrasonography score for giant cell arteritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Dec 12 [Epub].

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