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Abstract Number: 2006 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Altered Microcirculation As a Proxy for Inflammation in Hand Osteoarthritis Can Reliably be Assessed Using Fluorescence Optical Imaging
Ida K. Haugen¹, Sigrid Hestetun¹, Benedict Drude², Gerd R. Burmester³, Tore K Kvien⁴ and Sarah Ohrndorf², ¹Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Free University and Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Previous studies in systemic inflammatory joint diseases have suggested that Fluorescence Optical Imaging (FOI) is a reliable and sensitive tool for the detection of…
Abstract Number: 2007 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disturbances of the Acral Perfusion Detected By Fluorescence Optical Imaging Are Associated with the Development of Ischemic Complications in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Stefanie Friedrich^1,2, Susanne Lueders³, Stephanie Werner^3,4, Anne-Marie Glimm⁵, Gabriela Schmittat⁵, Gerd R. Burmester⁶, Gabriela Riemekasten⁷, Marina Backhaus⁸ and Sarah Ohrndorf⁹, ¹Department of of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin; Germany, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin; Germany, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin; Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Helios St. Johannes Clinic, Duisburg, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Free University and Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology, Park-Klinik Weissensee, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a condition causing impaired microcirculation with the risk of ischemic complications such as digital ulcers and pitting scars (DU/PS). Fluorescence…
Abstract Number: 2008 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
“Intrathoracic Manifestations of Connective Tissue Diseases on High Resolution Computed Tomography”
Diego Baenas¹, Maira Orozco², María Eugenia Olmos³, Luis Lasca⁴, Paula Riba⁵, Patricio Muszinsky⁵, Juan Pablo Pirola⁶, Verónica Saurit⁷, Alejandro Alvarellos⁷, Ana C. Alvarez⁸, Soledad Retamozo^9,10, Nadia Riscanevo^7,11, Janet Flores¹², Ariel Blua³, Ana María López¹³, Gustavo Muiño¹⁴, Santiago Orozco¹⁵ and Francisco Caeiro¹⁶, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Postgraduate Career of Rheumatology Catholic University of Córdoba., Cordoba, Argentina, ²Radiology, Radiology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ³Pulmonary, Pulmonary Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁴Radiology Unit, Oulton Institute, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁵Radiology, Radiology Unit, Oulton Institute, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁶Rheumatology, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba., Cordoba, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁸Rheumatology, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁹Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INICSA-UNC-CONICET), Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹³Pulmonary Unit, Pulmonary Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba., Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁴Radiology, Radiology Unit,Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba., Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁵Radiology, Radiology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba., Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Connective tissue diseases (CTD) can cause intrathoracic involvement, increasing patients morbidity and mortality. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is a key method for evaluation of…
Abstract Number: 2009 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Radiographic Analysis of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeong Seok Lee¹, Hyun J. Grace Kim², Jonathan Goldin³, Wonho Lee¹, You-Jung Ha⁴, Eun Ha Kang⁴, Yun Jong Lee⁵, Yeong Wook Song⁶ and Eun Young Lee⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁶Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Quantitative analysis of fibrotic patterns provides an objective measurement of treatment efficacy in interstitial lung disease (ILD). We aimed to measure the extent of…
Abstract Number: 2010 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does PET CT Matter in Assessing Extent of Disease in Relapsing Polychondritis – a Single Center Pilot Study
Aman Sharma¹, Adarsh MB², Shankar Naidu³, Varun Dhir⁴, Roshan Verma⁵, Rajender Basher⁵, Anish Bhattacharya⁶, Sanjay Jain⁷ and B R Mittal⁶, ¹Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, ³PGIMER, cHANDIGARH, India, ⁴Internal Medicine (Rheumatology Unit), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ⁵PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, ⁶Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, ⁷PGIMER, CHANDIGARH, India
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis(RP) is a rare rheumatic disease involving cartilaginous and proteoglycan rich structures. Clinical examination and radiological investigations have limitations in assessing the extent…
Abstract Number: 2011 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Methods to Quantitatively Evaluate Global Synovitis Activity with FDG-PET/CT
William Y. Raynor¹, Venkata S. Jonnakuti¹, Kaiyuan Zheng¹, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen², Abass Alavi³ and Joshua Baker⁴, ¹Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ³Department of Radiology/Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) allows more direct assessment of inflammation than other imaging modalities by portraying metabolic activity. No standards exist for objective…
Abstract Number: 2012 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
First Description of Tenosynovitis Prevalence in a Large Cohort of ACPA-Positive Patients
Gisela Eugénio^1,2,3, Kulveer Mankia^3,4, Peta Pentony^2,3, Jackie L. Nam^2,3, Laura Hunt^2,3, Hanna Gul^2,3, Richard J. Wakefield^2,3 and Paul Emery^3,5, ¹Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ²Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Tenosynovitis has been regarded as a feature of RA, although its true prevalence in early stages has not been firmly established. The aim of…
Abstract Number: 2013 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physician Experience and Patient´s Disease Activity Affect the Impact of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound on the Treatment Decision in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
César Sifuentes-Cantú¹, Irazu Contreras-Yañez², Marwin Gutierrez³ and Virginia Pascual-Ramos⁴, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico, Mexico, ³Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: In a real clinical setting of RA outpatients, we previously showed that musculoskeletal ultrasound (MUS) added to clinical evaluation impacted the treatment decision in…
Abstract Number: 2014 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability of 8-Joint Ultrasonography Scores in Follow up of Biological Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ying-Chou Chen Sr., Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: The use of biological agents, or biologics, has revolutionized the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Using power Doppler ultrasound, this study to evaluate the…
Abstract Number: 2015 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographyc Evaluation of Metacarpophalangeal Joints Can be Useful in the Differential Diagnosis of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and Early Spondyloarthritis. Α Monocentric Preliminary Study
Alberto Batticciotto¹, Giada Prato², Marco Antivalle², Maria Chiara Ditto¹, Maria Chiara Gerardi², Rossella Talotta², Federica Rigamonti², Fabiola Atzeni¹ and Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini², ¹Rheumatology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli - Sacco, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli - Sacco, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: A number of studies have demonstrated that musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSUS) is more sensitive in diagnosing arthritis than clinical examination although, as underlined in a…
Abstract Number: 2016 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Favourable Changes in Power Doppler Scores in the Feet over 1-Year in an Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort: The Role of Rheumatoid Factor and Anti–Citrullinated Protein Antibody
Karen A. Beattie¹, Hanyan Zou², George Ioannidis³ and Maggie Larche¹, ¹Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose : MTP joints are seldom examined in routine clinical visits. As such, it is important to understand how the standard treatment of patients with…
Abstract Number: 2017 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prospective Study of Bio-Free Remission Maintenance Using Ultrasonography in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: 52-Week Result
Koichi Amano¹, Kazutoshi Aoki², Yoshiaki Kuga³, Koji Nishimura⁴, Hayato Nagasawa⁵, Takuma Tsuzuki Wada⁶, Kenji Takagi⁷, Junji Hayashi⁸, Motohide Kaneko⁹, Ryota Sakai¹⁰, Akiko Shibata¹¹, Kentaro Chino¹¹, Shuntaro Saito¹¹, Ayumi Okuyama¹², Tsuneo Kondo¹², Hirofumi Takei¹² and Toshihide Mimura¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ²Aoki Clinic, Saitama, Japan, ³Wakaba Hospital, Sakado, Japan, ⁴internal medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Japan Community Health care Organization, Saitama, Japan, ⁵Nagasawa Clinic, Kawagoe, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine,, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Higashi-Omiya General Hospital, Saitama, Japan, ⁸Orthopedic Surgery, Niizashiki Chuo General Hospital, Niiza, Japan, ⁹Kaneko Clinic, Kawaguchi, Japan, ¹⁰Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ¹³Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Recently, a significant number of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients can reach low disease activity (LDA) by using biologics such as adalimumab. However biologics therapy…
Abstract Number: 2018 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Novel Ultrasound Scoring System for the Pediatric Knee
Tracy Ting¹, Patricia Vega-Fernandez², Edward Oberle³, Deirdre De Ranieri⁴, Hulya Bukulmez⁵ and Johannes Roth⁶, ¹Rheumatology/MLC 4010, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is increasingly being utilized in children. In order to provide objective assessments of arthritis, reliable scoring systems are needed. Yet, given…
Abstract Number: 2019 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Structural Abnormalities in the Knee Detected By MRI in Middle-Aged Subjects without Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis
Jaanika Kumm¹, Aleksandra Turkiewicz², Fan Zhang² and Martin Englund², ¹Department of Radiology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, ²Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopedics, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Early OA is a complex, poorly understood and still largely an unchartered “entity”. Thus, our purpose was evaluate the prevalence of findings suggestive of…
Abstract Number: 2020 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Definition and Standardization of Inflammatory Pathology in Hand Osteoarthritis Assessed By Ultrasound: Results from a Delphi Process and Reliability Testing in the Omeract Ultrasonographer Group in Hand Osteoarthritis
Alexander Mathiessen¹, Hilde B Hammer¹, Lene Terslev², George A. W. Bruyn³, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁴, Georgios Filippou⁵, Emilio Filippucci⁶, Ida Kristin Haugen⁷, Marion Kortekaas⁸, Luana Mancarella⁹, Peter Mandl¹⁰, Ingrid Moller¹¹, Mohamed Atia Mortada¹², Esperanza Naredo¹³, Andrea Delle Sedie¹⁴, Ruth Wittoek¹⁵, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁶ and Karen Ellegaard¹⁷, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Rheumatology, MC Groep, Loenga, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt , Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Paris, France, ⁵University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi, Italy, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Dept. of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine III; Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁶Academic Rheumatology Unit, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy, ¹⁷Dept. of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The introduction of MRI and ultrasound (US) atlases has improved reliability in rheumatoid arthritis. With an increased interest in the role of inflammation in…

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