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Abstract Number: 1043 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity by Power Doppler Ultrasonography: Association with Routine Clinical Indices and Its Usefulness in Detecting Remission
Hiroaki Taguchi, Kazuo Nishi, Takeo Kudo and Yutaka Okano, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Municipal Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) is sensitive for detecting synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We aimed to clarify the association of PDUS findings…
Abstract Number: 1044 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Scores of Enthesitis and Dactylitis Do Not Correlate with Corresponding Clinical Findings in Psoriasis Arthritis
Rusmir Husic¹, Josef Hermann¹, Judith Gretler², Winfried B. Graninger³ and Christian Dejaco⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Med Univ Klinik Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, Graz, Austria, ³Internal medicine/Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To compare sonography verified inflammation of entheses, tendons and joints with corresponding clinical findings in psoriasis arthritis (PsA) patients. Methods: Prospective study of 70 consecutive…
Abstract Number: 1045 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Wrist in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Methotrexate, Intra-Articular Glucocorticoid and Adalimumab/Placebo
Mette Bjørndal Axelsen¹, Merete L. Hetland², Kim Hørslev-Petersen³, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen⁴, Peter Junker⁵, Jan Pødenphant⁶, Jakob M. Møller⁷, Henning Bliddal⁸, Olga Kubassova⁹, Mikael Boesen¹⁰ and Mikkel Østergaard¹¹, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, ⁴Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁶Copenhagen University at Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁷Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital in Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital at Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹Image Analysis Ltd., Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Dept of Rheumatology RM, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: To validate parameters of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in an early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical trial by comparison with clinical parameters of…
Abstract Number: 1046 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), a New Automated Ultrasonic Device, Is Useful to Examine Joint Injury in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shin-ya Kawashiri¹, Takahisa Suzuki², Yoshikazu Nakashima¹, Akitomo Okada², Naoki Iwamoto³, Kunihiro Ichinose⁴, Mami Tamai², Kazuhiko Arima², Hideki Nakamura⁵, Tomoki Origuchi⁶, Masataka Uetani⁷, Kiyoshi Aoyagi⁸ and Atsushi Kawakami¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Department of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁷Department of Radiology and Radiation Research, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) is an ultrasonic device to be developed for the automated scanning for mammary glands. We have tried to explore…
Abstract Number: 1047 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Ankle Swelling Due to Löfgren´s Syndrome: A Pilot Study Using B –mode and Power Doppler Ultrasonography
Emmanuelle LeBras¹, Sandra Balser¹, Valentin S. Schäfer¹, Boris P. Ehrenstein², Patrick Hoffstetter³, Martina Müller⁴, Martin Fleck² and Wolfgang Hartung², ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ²Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ³Radiology, Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁴Clinic for Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Regensburg, Regensburg
Background/Purpose: Patients suffering from acute sarcoidosis frequently present with bilateral painfull swelling of the ankles, establishing ankle arthritis as a hallmark of Löfgren's syndrome. Standardized…
Abstract Number: 1048 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenosynovitis in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Prevalence and Comparison Between Ultrasonography, Surgery and Histology
David F. Ten Cate¹, Nick Glaser¹, Jolanda J. Luime², K.H. Lam³, Johannes W.G. Jacobs⁴, Ruud W. Selles⁵, Johanna Hazes⁶ and M. Bertleff⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵Erasmus MC - University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Hand Surgery, Xpert Clinic, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common neuropathy affecting the median nerve. CTS occurs more frequently in inflammatory arthropathies, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 1049 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence of the Ultrasonographic Positive Power Doppler Synovitis Is High and Predicts the Risk of Relapse and Structural Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Remission: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta Analysis
Huong Nguyen¹, Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand¹, Arnaud L. Constantin¹, Violaine Foltz², Frédérique Gandjbakhch³ and Alain G. Cantagrel¹, ¹Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ²APHP, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Universite Paris 6, Paris, France, ³Department of Rheumatology, APHP, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Universite Paris 6, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography (US) can detect synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) more sensitively than clinical examination either in active disease or in remission.1, 2…
Abstract Number: 1050 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Validity of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures of Joint Inflammation and Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis Wrist/Hand – a Systematic Literature Review
TG Woodworth¹, O. Morgacheva², OM Troum³, OL Pimienta⁴, P. Maranian⁵, V.K. Ranganath⁵ and Daniel Furst⁵, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Santa Monica, CA, ⁴Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Limitation of x-ray joint damage is a key indicator of therapeutic efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used…
Abstract Number: 1051 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Arthralgia
W. Stomp¹, L.K.P.M. Brakenhoff², F.a. van Gaalen³, D. van der Heijde⁴, H.H. Fidder⁵, D.W. Hommes⁶, M. Reijnierse¹ and J.L Bloem¹, ¹Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Joint manifestations frequently occur in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Arthralgia, non-inflammatory joint pain without objective evidence of swelling or effusion, is present in…
Abstract Number: 1052 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systematic Review of the Association Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Radiographic Detection of Erosions in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ruben Tavares¹, Stephen R. Tytus², Karen A. Beattie³, Maggie Larche⁴, Naveen Parasu⁵, Colin E. Webber⁶, Lawrence E. Hart⁷ and Jonathan D. Adachi⁸, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, Qatar, ³Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Radiology, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Medicine (Rheumatology), St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁸St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), disparities between erosive bone lesion detection on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray require reconciliation. It is hypothesized that early…
Abstract Number: 1053 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Severe Joint Injury Assessed by Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography (MSKUS) Predicts the Presence of MRI-Proven Osteitis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shin-ya Kawashiri¹, Takahisa Suzuki², Yoshikazu Nakashima¹, Yoshiro Horai³, Naoki Iwamoto³, Kunihiro Ichinose⁴, Kazuhiko Arima³, Mami Tamai², Hideki Nakamura⁵, Tomoki Origuchi⁶, Kiyoshi Aoyagi⁷ and Atsushi Kawakami¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Department of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁷Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: MRI-proven osteitis is known as the prognostic factor toward radiographic progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSKUS) is another high sensitive…
Abstract Number: 1054 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diffusion Tensor and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Perfusion Imaging Metrics Discriminate Chronic Tubercular Synovitis From Chronic Inflammatory Synovitis of the Knee
Vikas Agarwal¹, Rakesh K. Gupta², Rishi Awasthi², Deepak Tripathi³, Prativa Sahoo⁴, Vinita Agrawal⁵, Kusum Sharma⁶, Rungmei Marak⁷, Ram Kishore Singh Rathore⁴ and CM Pandey⁸, ¹Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ³Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁴Mathematics and statistics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, ⁵Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁶Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ⁷MIcrobiology, Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁸Biostatistics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: The study was performed to quantify dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics in synovium of patients with tubercular synovitis (TS)…
Abstract Number: 1015 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Integrated Radiographic Data for Two Long-Term, Open-Label Extension Studies of Adalimumab
Désirée van der Heijde¹, Robert Landewé², Edward Keystone³, Ferdinand C. Breedveld⁴, Shufang Liu⁵ and Neelufar Mozaffarian⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Int Med/Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University of Toronto, Professor of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology C1R, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Immunology Development, Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, ⁶Abbott, Abbott Park, IL
Background/Purpose: The assessment of radiographic data from long-term studies in patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) poses a significant challenge, given the potential involvement of…
Abstract Number: 1016 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Evaluation Variability At the Unit of Measurement On the Reliability of Omeract Ramris and Van Der Heijde-Modified Sharp Score
Ruben Tavares¹, Naveen Parasu², Karen Finlay³, Erik Jurriaans³, Hao Wu¹, Karen A. Beattie⁴, Maggie Larche⁵, Lawrence E. Hart⁶, William G. Bensen⁷, Raja S. Bobba⁵, Alfred A. Cividino⁴, Colin E. Webber⁸, Jean-Eric Tarride⁹ and Jonathan D. Adachi¹⁰, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Radiology, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, ³Radiology, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Medicine (Rheumatology), St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁸Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁹Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CE&B) and Economics, Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁰St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Rheumatoid Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (RAMRIS) and van der Heijde-modified Sharp score (vdHSS) are recognized semi-quantitative measures…
Abstract Number: 1017 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bye Bye Biopsy: Diffusion Tensor and Dynamic Contrast Enhance Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters Reflect Molecular Events of Inflammation in the Synovium
Vikas Agarwal¹, Rishi Awasthi², Deepak Tripathi³, Vinita Agrawal⁴, Ram Kishore Singh Rathore⁵, Kusum Sharma⁶, CM Pandey⁷ and Rakesh K. Gupta⁸, ¹Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India,, Lucknow, India, ³Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁴Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁵Mathematics and statistics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, ⁶Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ⁷Biostatistics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁸Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Chronic synovial inflammation is characterized by accumulation of inflammatory cells and increased vascularity. Synovial histology remains the most definitive way to delineate the severity…

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