Abstract Number: 818 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis and Risk of Mortality Among Women Followed Prospectively from 1976 to 2010 in the Nurses’ Health Study
Background/Purpose RA has been associated with increased mortality compared to general population estimates. Previous studies were limited due to the inability to directly compare RA…Abstract Number: 817 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mortality in a Large Cohort of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis That Were Treated-to-Target for 10 Years
Background/Purpose: Recent studies showed diverging results about mortality trends in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim was to determine survival after 10 years of…Abstract Number: 816 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TRNT1 Missense Mutations Define a New Periodic Fever Syndrome
Background/Purpose Two thirds of the 1700 patients seen at our NIH clinic for autoinflammatory diseases do not have a genetic diagnosis. Whole exome sequencing permits…Abstract Number: 815 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Netosis Induced Histone Citrullination Facilitates Onset and Propagation of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) are characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis however, their presence years before onset of clinical RA is perplexing. Although multiple putative…Abstract Number: 814 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis: Multicenter Open-Label Study of 22 Patients
Background/Purpose Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a primary vasculitis that involves the aorta and its major branches. It usually affects people aged more than 50…Abstract Number: 813 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Outcomes of Takayasu’s Arteritis Patients with Renal Artery Involvement
Background/Purpose: Takayasu's Arteritis (TAK) is a chronic inflammatory large vessel vasculitis characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the aorta and its branches. TAK incidence is 2.6/million…Abstract Number: 800 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hospitalization Rates and Utilization Among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-Based Study from 1987 to 2012
Background/Purpose Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) may experience serious vascular and visual complications. It is unknown, however, to what extent the difficulties of the…Abstract Number: 812 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognosis of Clinically Inactive Takayasu’s Arteritis
Prognosis of Clinically Inactive Takayasu's Arteritis Background/Purpose: Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory vasculitis, and immunosuppressants including glucocorticoids are generally required for treatment. Although,…Abstract Number: 798 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Frequency and Predictive Variables of Relapses in Patients with Biopsy-Proven Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis that involves large and medium sized arteries in patients older than 50 years. Relapses and recurrences of…Abstract Number: 797 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
PET/CT for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective Study
Background/Purpose: Temporal artery (TA) biopsies are negative in up to 50% of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). In such cases, increased uptake in large…Abstract Number: 796 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Halo Sign Features on Ultrasound Examination of Treated Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose The TABUL study (Temporal Artery Biopsy Vs Ultrasound in diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis) is assessing the relative performance of ultrasound and temporal artery…Abstract Number: 795 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Interobserver Agreement on Ultrasonographic Findings in Patients with Large Vessel Vasculitis
Background/Purpose Ultrasound has a high sensitivity and specificity regarding the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Ultrasound can also depict extracranial large vessel vasculitis (LVV)…Abstract Number: 794 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Color Doppler Ultrasonography Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis and Their Relationship with Clinical Manifestations
Background/Purpose Colour Doppler ultrasonography (CDU) of the temporal (TA), axillary (AA) and common carotid arteries (CA) has excellent sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of…Abstract Number: 793 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Analysis of Histological Findings in Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis Biopsy Positive Patients
Background/Purpose A positive temporal artery biopsy (TAB) with giant cells, active inflammation and intimal hyperplasia is the gold standard test for diagnosing temporal arteritis. However,…Abstract Number: 792 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Temporal Artery Biopsy the Gold Standard for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis?
Background/Purpose: The only test that confirms diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a temporal artery biopsy showing vasculitis with mononuclear cell inflammatory infiltrates, often with…
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