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Abstract Number: 2681 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology and Survival of Systemic Sclerosis-Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Overlap Syndrome
Samar Alharbi¹, Zareen Ahmad², Zahi Touma³, Arthur Bookman⁴, Jorge Sánchez-Guerrero⁵ and Sindhu Johnson⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Sinai Health System, University Health Network,, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Division of Rheumatology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Sinai Health Systems and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an immune disorder characterized by vasculopathy and fibrosis. SSc may overlap with another disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).…
Abstract Number: 2682 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlation between Capillaroscopic Patterns of Nailfold Microangiopathy and Three Different Methods to Assess Dermal Thickness in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Barbara Ruaro¹, Alberto Sulli², Carmen Pizzorni¹, Elisa Alessandri¹, Sabrina Paolino¹, Massimo Ghio¹, Veronica Tomatis³, Vanessa Smith⁴ and Maurizio Cutolo¹, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Faculty of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by increase of dermal thickness (DT) and impairment of microvascular system (1). Several studies demonstrate that nailfold capillaroscopy (NVC)…
Abstract Number: 2683 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated with Disease Progression in Early-Diagnosed Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
Carina Mihai¹, Milos Antic², Rucsandra Dobrota³, Diana Bonderman⁴, Harbajan Chadha-Boreham⁵, J. Gerry Coghlan⁶, Christopher Denton⁷, Martin Doelberg⁵, Ekkehard Gruenig⁸, Dinesh Khanna⁹, Vallerie McLaughlin¹⁰, Ulf Müller-Ladner¹¹, Janet E. Pope¹², Daniel M Rosenberg⁵, James R Seibold¹³, Madelon C Vonk¹⁴ and Oliver Distler¹⁵, ¹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Dept., Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Alschwil, Switzerland, ⁶National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxclinic, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Autoimmune Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad-Nauheim, Germany, ¹²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ¹³Scleroderma Research Consultants LLC, Litchfield, CT, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), and its diagnosis requires right heart catheterization (RHC). The DETECT study developed…
Abstract Number: 2684 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regional and Whole Gut Transit Times in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using the Wireless Motility Capsule
Neetu Bali¹, Isela Valera², Aly Aly³, Jeffrey Conklin⁴, Daniel E. Furst⁵ and Suzanne Kafaja⁶, ¹Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Autoimmunity and Tolerance Laboratory, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Chamblion St,, Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt, ⁴Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The Gastrointestinal tract (GI) is one of the most commonly affected systems in systemic sclerosis (SSc), impacting the lives of up to 90% of…
Abstract Number: 2685 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity and Specificity of YKL-40 for the Presence of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Tetsuya Furukawa¹, Kiyoshi Matsui², Masayasu Kitano², Yuichi Yokoyama³, Naoto Azuma² and Hajime Sano², ¹Division ofRheumatology Department of internal medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of internal medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an intractable connective tissue disease that causes fibrosis of the skin and organs. The prognosis of this disease is affected…
Abstract Number: 2686 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Established Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension the Follow-up Cardiac Catheterization-Derived Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure and Vascular Resistence May be Predicted By Echocardiography- a Longitudinal Study in Two Connective Tissue Disease Cohorts
Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia¹, Iraklis Tsangaris², Loukianos Rallidis², Anastasia Anthi², Stylianos Orfanos², Eftychia Demerouti³, Panayiotis Karyofyllis³, Vasilis Voudris³, Stylianos Panopoulos⁴ and Petros P Sfikakis^4,5, ¹First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine and Joined Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ²Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ³Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery, Athens, Greece, ⁴First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine and Joint Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ⁵First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine and Joint Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with connective tissue disease should always be diagnosed with the gold-standard method of right heart catheterization (RHC). On the…
Abstract Number: 2687 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristic of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Anti-U1RNP Antibody-Positive-Connective Tissue Diseases Is Determined By the Underlying Disease Rather Than Autoantibody Profile
Hidekata Yasuoka¹, Hiroshi Takei¹, Yuichiro Shirai², Kunihiro Yamaoka¹, Masataka Kuwana^1,2 and Tsutomu Takeuchi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) positive for anti-U1RNP antibody (U1) is characterized by overlapping feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),…
Abstract Number: 2688 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Collagen Metabolite Biomarker Levels Are Associated with the Amount of Fibrosis in Internal Organs in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Anne Sofie Siebuhr¹, Satoshi Kubo², Pernille Juhl³, K Nakano⁴, S Nakayamada⁵, Morten Karsdal⁶, Anne-C. Bay-Jensen⁷ and Yoshiya Tanaka⁸, ¹the first department of internal medicine, University of occupational and environmental health, Fukuoka, Japan, ²The first department of internal medicine, University of Occupational en environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴the first department of internal medicin, University of occupational and environmental health, fukuoka, Japan, ⁵The first department of internal medicine, University of Occupational and environmental Health, fukuoka, Japan, ⁶Biomarkers and Reseacrh, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁷Biomarkers and Reseach, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁸The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Biomarkers that can monitor the fibrotic burden will aid in trial enrichment and personalized health care in SSc. SSc is associated with internal organ…
Abstract Number: 2689 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Troponinemia Independently Associates with Mortality in Systemic Sclerosis
Julie J. Paik¹, Debbie Choi¹, Fredrick M. Wigley², Laura K. Hummers³ and Ami A. Shah¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Medical and Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Title: Troponinemia independently associates with mortality in systemic sclerosis Background/Purpose: Cardiac involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and in the early asymptomatic stages, elevated…
Abstract Number: 2690 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma D-Dimer Levels Are More Frequently Elevated in Limited Than Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis but Do Not Reflect Disease Duration or Vasculopathy
Anna Gill¹, Svetlana I. Nihtyanova², Pratima Chowdary³ and Christopher Denton¹, ¹Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Haematology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: D-dimers are degradation products of cross linked fibrin and are biomarkers of activation of the coagulation system. Plasma D-dimer levels can be raised in…
Abstract Number: 2691 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Circulating Cadherin-11 Levels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Bochra Jandali¹, Grace H. Lo², Robert L. Welschhans³, Julio Charles⁴, Ramona Mihu^3,5, Maureen D. Mayes⁶, Shervin Assassi⁷ and Sandeep K. Agarwal³, ¹Medicine, Section of Immmunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Immunology, Allergy, Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas - Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁷University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic systemic disease characterized by skin and internal organs fibrosis along with vasculopathy. Previous studies have reported increased cadherin-11…
Abstract Number: 2692 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Deficiency in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Relations with Multiple Clinical Parameters and Standard Treatment
Amelia Chiara Trombetta¹, Vanessa Smith², Emanuele Gotelli¹, Massimo Ghio¹, Sabrina Paolino¹, Carmen Pizzorni³, Amber Vanhaecke⁴, Barbara Ruaro⁵, Alberto Sulli³ and Maurizio Cutolo³, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Faculty of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Gent, Belgium, ⁵Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy
Vitamin D Deficiency In Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Relations With Multiple Clinical Parameters and Standard TreatmentBackground/Purpose : In SSc patients, low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) serum concentrations have…
Abstract Number: 2693 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationships between Levels of Patient Activation, Self-Efficacy, and Demographic Variables in Systemic Sclerosis
Janet L. Poole¹, Veronica J. Berrocal², Jennifer Serrano³, Erica Bush³ and Dinesh Khanna³, ¹Health Sciences Ctr OT Program, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Patient activation refers to the ability and confidence people have to be engaged in managing their health care [Hibbard, 2004]. Knowledge and beliefs about…
Abstract Number: 2694 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS) Promis-29 and Promis Self-Efficacy in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Janet L. Poole¹, Veronica J. Berrocal², Jennifer Serrano³, Erica Bush³ and Dinesh Khanna³, ¹Health Sciences Ctr OT Program, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes are important to measure the effectiveness of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions. The goal of PROMIS is to develop standardized items banks…
Abstract Number: 2695 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Latent Profile Analysis-Derived Typologies of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Body Image Indicators: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study
Shadi Gholizadeh¹, Linda Kwakkenbos², Marie-Eve Carrier³, Sarah D. Mills¹, Rina S. Fox⁴, Lisa Jewett², Karen Gottesman⁵, Scott Roesch¹, Brett D. Thombs² and Vanessa L. Malcarne¹, ¹SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ²McGill University; Lady David Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Scleroderma Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: A common and distressing manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc, or scleroderma) is disfigurement in socially relevant areas of the body, including the face and…

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