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Abstract Number: 2574 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Use of Prostacyclin Therapy Improves Transplant-Free Survival in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Plus Interstitial Lung Disease
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Rajan Saggar², Bryant Torres¹, Lynne Yoder², Robert Elashoff³, Rajeev Saggar⁴, Harsh Agrawal¹, Nabeel Borazan⁵, Sarah Thomas¹ and Daniel Furst¹, ¹Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Biomath, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Critical Care Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Medicine, Rheumatology UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The leading causes of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and interstitial lung disease (ILD). Use of PAH therapy in…
Abstract Number: 2575 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utility Of Autoantibody Testing For Predicting Risk Of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Retrospective Analysis In Routine Autoantibody Laboratory
Masataka Kuwana¹, Yuichiro Shirai¹, Hidekata Yasuoka¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi¹ and Kenichi Masui², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an intractable complication of connective tissue disease (CTD). Current guidelines recommend early detection and intervention for improvement of outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 2576 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epoprostenol Rescue Therapy In Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Adrienne M. Roos¹, Christopher Pasarikovski¹, Amie T. Kron¹, John T. Granton², Peter Lee³, John Thenganatt⁴ and Sindhu R. Johnson⁵, ¹Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Research Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Toronto Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Lebovic Bldg, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital, Divisions of Respirology and Critical Care Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Epoprostenol has been demonstrated to improve hemodynamics, functional class, and six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) and idiopathic PAH…
Abstract Number: 2577 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sex Disparities In Survival Of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients
Christopher Pasarikovski¹, John T. Granton², Peter Lee³, Adrienne M. Roos¹, Amie T. Kron¹, Cathy Chau⁴ and Sindhu R. Johnson⁵, ¹Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Research Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Toronto Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Lebovic Bldg, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and idiopathic PAH (IPAH) are conditions with poor survival. There is evidence to suggest that sex…
Abstract Number: 2578 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pulmonary Hypertension In Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Classification and Pulmonary Hypertension Subtypes
Monica Mohile¹, Mary Lucas², Virginia D. Steen³, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.⁴ and Robyn T. Domsic⁵, ¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Pumonary hypertension (PH) is a significant complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with prevalence reports of 10-25%. Predictors of PH remain somewhat elusive. Our…
Abstract Number: 2579 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Recommendations For Screening and Detection Of Connective-Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Dinesh Khanna¹, Heather Gladue², John D. FitzGerald³, Richard N. Channick⁴, Lorinda Chung⁵, Oliver Distler⁶, Daniel Furst⁷, Eric Hachulla⁸, Marc Humbert^9,10,11, David Langleben^12,13, Stephen C. Mathai¹⁴, Rajeev Saggar¹⁵, Scott H. Visovatti¹⁶ and Vallerie McLaughlin¹⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, UCLA School Med Rehab #32-59, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Stanford Univ Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Rheumatology, University of California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Claude Huriez University Hospital, Lille, France, ⁹AP-HP Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France, ¹⁰Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ¹¹NSERM U999, Centre Chirurgical Marie-Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France, ¹²Cardiology Division, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁴Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Critical Care Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ¹⁶Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁷Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects up to 15% of patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD) and is one of the leading causes of mortality…
Abstract Number: 2580 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Have An Effect On Pulmonary Hemodynamics? Observations From The Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition Of Outcomes In Scleroderma (PHAROS) Cohort
Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹, Matthew R. Lammi², Jessica K. Gordon³, Paula Lauto⁴ and Virginia D. Steen⁵, ¹LSU Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, LSU Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ³Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Does Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) have an effect on Pulmonary Hemodynamics? Observations from the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma (PHAROS) CohortBackground/Purpose: Systemic…
Abstract Number: 2581 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Changes In NT-Probnp Predict Early Response To Therapy and Prognosis In Systemic Sclerosis Associated Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension?
Vincent Sobanski¹, Bernadette Lynch², Benjamin E. Schreiber³, Clive Handler⁴, Christopher P. Denton⁵ and John G. Coghlan⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Pulmonary Hypertension, The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ⁶National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, The Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), affecting 5-12% of patients. Despite recent progress in treatment, prognosis remains poor. Early…
Abstract Number: 2583 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Treatment With Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Increases Peripheral Blood Perfusion In Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Maurizio Cutolo¹, Barbara Ruaro², Elena Bernero², Francesca Ravera³, Giuseppe Zampogna³, Elisa Alessandri², Vanessa Smith⁴ and Alberto Sulli³, ¹Internal medicine, Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ²Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by progressive impairment of the microvascular system and decrease of peripheral blood perfusion (PBP) (1-3). The vasoactive peptide endothelin-1…
Abstract Number: 2584 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Screening and Diagnostic Modalities For Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review
Heather Gladue¹, Nezam I. Altorok², Whitney Townsend¹, Vallerie McLaughlin³ and Dinesh Khanna⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD), especially systemic sclerosis (SSc) and MCTD. Despite this, there continues to be delay…
Abstract Number: 2585 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Left Ventricular Dysfunction Reflected By Higher Serum Brain Natriuretic Peptide Accounts For Poorer Prognosis Of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With Systemic Sclerosis
Sumiaki Tanaka¹, Yoshiyuki Arinuma¹, Tatsuhiko Wada¹, Tatsuo Nagai², Jun Okada³ and Shunsei Hirohata¹, ¹Int Med/Rheumatol & Infec Dis, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ³Nutritional management, Kitasato Junior Collage of health and Hygienic Sciences, Minami-Uonuma, Japan
Background/Purpose: Recentry, development of potent effective newer drugs for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have resulted in improving survival of the patients. However, the prognosis of…
Abstract Number: 2586 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antinuclear Antibody Negative Systemic Sclerosis Patients Have Less Vasculopathic Disease Manifestations
Gloria Salazar¹, Shervin Assassi¹, Fredrick M. Wigley², Daniel Furst^3,4,5, Laura K. Hummers², Dinesh Khanna⁶, John Varga⁷, Elena Schiopu⁸, Virginia D. Steen⁹, Murray Baron¹⁰, Marie Hudson¹¹, Janet E. Pope^12,13, Monique E. Hinchcliff¹⁴, Marvin J. Fritzler¹⁵, David B. Robinson¹⁶, Robert W. Simms¹⁷, Richard M. Silver¹⁸, Tracy M. Frech¹⁹, Barri J. Fessler²⁰, Jerry A. Molitor²¹, Sara Zamanian²², Niall Jones²³, John D. Reveille¹, Frank C. Arnett¹ and Maureen D. Mayes²⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³David Geffen School of Medicine, Div of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Div of Rheumatology, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁸Rheumatology/Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ¹⁰McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Rheumatology, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²Univ of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹³St Joseph Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, ¹⁵Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁶Arthritis Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁸Div Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina,Charleston,USA, Charleston, SC, ¹⁹Internal Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, SLC, UT, ²⁰Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²¹Rheumatic/Autoimmune Diseases, Univ of MN MMC108, Minneapolis, MN, ²²Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²³Rheumatology Clinic at 124th Street Medical Clinic, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²⁴University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Antinuclear Antibody Negative Systemic Sclerosis Patients Have Less Vasculopathic Disease ManifestationsBackground/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of skin and internal…
Abstract Number: 2588 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pulmonary Hypertension In Patients With Anti-U1-RNP Antibodies
Vincent Sobanski¹, Bernadette Lynch², Benjamin E. Schreiber³, Svetlana I. Nihtyanova⁴, Jennifer Harvey⁵, Clive Handler⁶, Christopher P. Denton⁷ and John G. Coghlan⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Clinical Immunology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Pulmonary Hypertension, The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ⁸National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, The Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD). Patients with anti-U1-RNP antibodies belong to…
Abstract Number: 2589 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Scleroderma Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension and Increased Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure In The Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition Of Outcomes In Scleroderma (PHAROS) Cohort
Matthew R. Lammi^1,2, Lesley Ann Saketkoo^3,4, Jessica K. Gordon⁵, Paula Lauto⁶ and Virginia D. Steen⁷, ¹Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, LSU Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁴LSU Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) commonly leads to pulmonary hypertension (PH), which may be associated with left heart disease and an elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure…
Abstract Number: 2590 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Laser Speckle Contrast Analysis A New Method To Evaluate Blood Perfusion in Different Skin Areas Of Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Comparison With Laser Doppler Flowmetry
Alberto Sulli¹, Barbara Ruaro², Giorgia Ferrari², Elena Bernero², Carmen Pizzorni², Vanessa Smith³ and Maurizio Cutolo⁴, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ²Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Internal medicine, Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: In systemic sclerosis (SSc), blood perfusion (BP) may be evaluated by both laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA) and laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) techniques, as…

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