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Abstract Number: 1320 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of 18F-Fluoro-Deoxyglucose Uptake in the Ascending Aorta of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Ayse Bag Ozbek¹, Jon Giles¹, Richard Weinberg², Mona Kinkhabwala², Afshin Zartoshti¹, Sabahat Bokhari² and Joan Bathon¹, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, NY, ²Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, NY
Background/Purpose: Increased cardiovascular (CV) disease risk in RA has been attributed to traditional CV risk factors and/or to enhanced inflammation. Increased subclinical vascular inflammation has…
Abstract Number: 1321 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inter-Reader Agreement of a Novel Method of Radiographic Scoring of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Priyanka Vashisht¹, Abhijeet Danve², Harlan Sayles³, Ted R. Mikuls³ and Alan R. Erickson⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Department of Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Although widely used in research studies, most of the radiographic scoring systems for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) are not feasible in routine clinical practice as…
Abstract Number: 1322 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Can We Reduce the Time for Scoring Radiographic Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis? Initial Results with a New Computer-Based Documentation Tool
Alexander Langer¹, Joachim Böttcher², Diane M. Renz³, Alexander Pfeil⁴ and Hans-Eckhard Langer⁵, ¹Department of Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, ²Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, SRH Waldklinikum, Gera, Germany, ³Institute for diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine III, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, ⁵RHIO (Rheumatology, Immunology, and Osteology), Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Radiographic progression is a key outcome parameter in RA1. Manual scoring of joint damage based on the established scoring methods (e. g. Sharp Score)…
Abstract Number: 1323 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reaching Consensus – Volumetric Joint Space Width Calculations in Finger Joints of Arthritis Patients
Kathryn S. Stok^1,2, Andrew J. Burghardt³, Stephanie Boutroy⁴, Nicolas Vilayphiou², Xiaojuan Li⁵, Hubert Marotte⁶, Steven K. Boyd⁷ and Cheryl Barnabe⁷, ¹Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Scanco Medical AG, Brüttisellen, Switzerland, ³Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴INSERM UMR 1033, University of Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁵Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶INSERM 1059 / LBTO, Université de Lyon, Saint-Etienne; Rheumatology Department, Saint-Etienne, France, ⁷Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Joint space width (JSW) is suggested as an indirect measure of arthritis disease activity and could be used as a measure of radiographic progression…
Abstract Number: 1324 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simplified Larsen Erosion Score Is Compatible with the Classic Larsen Score but Less Time Consuming in Practice
Michael Ziegelasch¹, Alf Kastbom², Thomas Skogh³, Kristina Forslind⁴ and Alf Kastbom, ¹Rheumatology Department, Rheumatology/AIR, Linkoping, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/AIR, Linköping, Sweden, ³IKE/Rheumatology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Helsingborgs Lasarett, Section of Rheumatology, Helsingborg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Untreated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often leads to joint space narrowing (JSN) and erosions in synovial joints. Scoring systems like Sharp van der Heijde and…
Abstract Number: 1325 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Age Effects Joint Space Narrowing in Early Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Xanthe M.E. Matthijssen¹, Gülsah Akdemir¹, Iris M. Markusse², Yvonne P. Goekoop-Ruiterman³, K. Huub Han⁴, Annekoos L. Huidekoper⁵, Pit J.S.M. Kerstens⁶, Willem F. Lems⁷, T. W. J. Huizinga¹ and Cornelia F. Allaart¹, ¹Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ²LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, HAGA hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Maasstad hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Bronovo hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Joint space narrowing (JSN) and erosions are the major radiologic markers of radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as scored by the Sharp/van der…
Abstract Number: 1326 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Which Score to Use for Radiographic Damage Assessment of the Spine in (early) Axial Spondyloarthritis? Two-Year Data from the DESIR Cohort
Sofia Ramiro¹, Pascal Claudepierre², Rosaline van den Berg³, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, Antoine Feydy⁵, Maria-Antonietta d'Agostino⁶, Damien Loeuille⁷, Maxime Dougados⁸, Monique Reijnierse⁹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, France, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Paris Descartes University, Radiology B department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Rheumatology, Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Cochin hospital, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁹Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Several scores have been developed to assess radiographic damage in AS. However, we do not know how they perform in early phases of the…
Abstract Number: 1327 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Five-Year Follow-up of Radiographic Sacroiliitis: Progression As Well As Improvement?
Alexandre Sepriano^1,2, Martin Rudwaleit³, Joachim Sieper^4,5, Rosaline van den Berg⁶, Robert B. M. Landewé⁷ and Désirée van der Heijde⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Hospital de Egas Moniz - CHLO, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Rheumatology, Dept of Medicine, Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁴German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology, Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸University Hospital, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Detecting sacroiliitis on plain pelvic X-rays is known to be difficult, resulting in large variability regarding presence/absence of radiographic sacroiliitis. In addition, the number…
Abstract Number: 1328 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pelvic Plain Radiograph, Thoraco-Abdominal and Pelvic CT Scan and MRI Compared to the CT of the Sacroiliac Joints Taken As Gold Standard in the Diagnosis of Structural Sacroiliitis
julian Melchior¹, Yusef Azraq², Isabelle Chary-Valkenaere³, Anne-Christine Rat⁴, Pedro Augusto Gondim Texeira⁵, Alain Blum⁶ and Damien Loeuille⁷, ¹University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ²radiology, University hospital of Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel, ³CHU de Nancy, Rheumatology, Nancy, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Nancy Teaching Hospital, Nancy, France, ⁵Radiology Imagerie Guilloz, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France, ⁶CHU de Nancy, Radiology, Nancy, France, ⁷CHU nancy, Nancy, France
Background/Purpose: To compare the respective performances of the pelvic plain radiograph (RX), thoraco-abdominal and pelvic CT (TAP-CT) and MRI of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ-MRI) to…
Abstract Number: 1329 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Repeating Imaging of the Sacroiliac Joints after One Year on the Classification of Patients According the ASAS Axial Spa Criteria
Pauline Bakker¹, Miranda van Lunteren², Zineb Ez-Zaitouni², Rosaline van den Berg³, Manouk de Hooge⁴, Karen M. Fagerli⁵, Robert B. M. Landewé⁶, Maikel van Oosterhout⁷, Roberta Ramonda⁸, Monique Reijnierse⁹, Floris van Gaalen¹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, GHZ Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands, ⁸Cattedra, Voc Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padova, Italy, ⁹Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁰University Hospital, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: It is known that in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) inflammatory lesions on MRI of the SI joints (MRI-SI) can change over time. The usefulness of…
Abstract Number: 1330 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Reliability of Recognizing Structural MRI Lesions of Sacroiliac Joints in Patients with Recent Inflammatory Back Pain in Clinical Practice?
Charlotte Jacquemin¹, Roxana Rubio Vargas², Rosaline van den Berg², Salah Ferkal¹, Philippe Le Corvoisier³, Alain Rahmouni⁴, Damien Loeuille⁵, Désirée van der Heijde⁶ and Pascal Claudepierre⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Clinical Investigation Center, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ⁴Radiology, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHRU Vandoeuvre les Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France, ⁶Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) can be difficult to diagnose at an early stage of the disease. Identification of structural lesions of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ)…
Abstract Number: 1331 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Change in MRI in Patients with Spondyloarthritis Treated with Anti-TNF Agents : Systematic Review of the Literature
Gisèle KHOURY¹, BG Combe² and Cédric Lukas³, ¹Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ²Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: The follow-up of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) remains difficult in clinical practice, mainly based on patient-reported outcomes, whereas objective parameters in disease monitoring are often…
Abstract Number: 1332 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Radiographic Damage in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Variability in Reliability of the Modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score According to the Statistical Method
Sibel Z. Aydin¹, Esen Kasapoglu-Gunal², Esra Kurum³, Servet Akar⁴, Eyyup Mungan⁵, Fatma Alibaz-Oner⁶, Helena Marzo-Ortega⁷, Dennis McGonagle⁸, Robert G Lambert⁹, Pamir Atagunduz⁶ and Walter Maksymowych¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Koc University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ³PhD,Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Goztepe training and research hospital, MD, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁸Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹Radiology, Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography is the main imaging modality to assess damage in the spine in ankylosing spondylitis. Modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score (mSASSS) has…
Abstract Number: 1333 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Focal Fat Infiltration in Sacroiliac Joints in Patients with Spondyloarthritis By 1.5T Versus 3.0T Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Is the Field Strength Important to Contrast to Noise Ratios, Reproducibility and Total Scores?
Jakob M. Møller¹, Jelena Jankovic¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Inge Juul Sorensen³, Rene Poggenborg⁴, Ole Rintek Madsen⁵, Henrik S Thomsen¹ and Susanne Juhl Pedersen⁶, ¹Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Herlev, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Gentofte, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology/C, Department of Rheumatology/C, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Reporting of focal fat infiltrations (FFI) in sacroiliac joints (SIJs) is becoming more important in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) since this lesion has…
Abstract Number: 1334 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Erosion in Gout: Relationship with Tophus Urate and Soft Tissue Volumes. a Conventional and Dual Energy CT Study
Mark Sapsford¹, Gregory Gamble², Opetaia Aati², Julie Knight¹, Anne Horne², Anthony Doyle¹ and Nicola Dalbeth², ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Imaging and pathology studies have established the close relationship between intraosseous tophus and bone erosion in gout. The tophus is an organised structure consisting…

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