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  • Abstract Number: 0161 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Does 18F-FDG-PET/MRI Add Metabolic Information to Anatomic Image in Childhood-onset Takayasu’s Arteritis Patients? A Multicenter Case Series

    Gleice Clemente1, Alexandre Souza2, Hilton Leão Filho3, Fernando Coelho3, Carlos Buchpiguel4, Marcos Lima4, Daniela Petry Pioto5, Melissa Fraga1, Ana Paula Sakamoto6, Camila Carneiro4, Rosa Pereira7, Nadia Aikawa7, Clovis Artur Silva7, Lucia Campos8, Camilla Astley9, Bruno Gualano10 and Maria Terreri11, 1Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2UNIFESP-EPM, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Universidade de Sao Paulo/Radiology Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, 4Universidade de São Paulo/Department of Radiology and Oncology, São Paulo, Brazil, 5Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 6Federal University of So Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil, 7Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 8children's institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10Universidade de Sao Paulo/Rheumatology Division, São Paulo, Brazil, 11UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: The disease activity assessment in c-TA is a challenge in clinical practice, especially in patients who are under immunosuppression. Our aim was to perform…
  • Abstract Number: 0164 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Disrupted Executive Control Network Structural-Functional Integration Is Associated with Inferior Performance of Cognitive Switching Tasks in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

    Xing Qian1, Danielle S Bassett2, Kwun Kei Ng1, Beatrice RY Loo1, Amelia J Koh1, Juan Helen Zhou1 and Anselm Mak3, 1Center for Sleep and Cognition, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 2Departments of Physics & Astronomy, Bioengineering, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Neurology, and Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Background/Purpose: Cognitive flexibility, a process that enables goal-oriented cognitive switching between mental function modes, is central to executive function which is impaired in SLE patients.…
  • Abstract Number: 0163 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis in Spain: Data from the ARTESER Registry

    Eugenio De Miguel1, Jesús T. Sánchez-Costa2, Javier Narvaez3, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay4, Noemí Garrido-Puñal5, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcon6, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez7, Elisa Fernández-Fernández8, María T. Silva-Diaz9, Jesús A. Valero-Jaimes10, Ismael González-Fernández11, Julio Sánchez12, Judit Lluch13, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa14, Javier Mendizábal-Mateos15, Luis Rodriguez Rodriguez16, Javier Loricera García17, Alejandro Muñoz18, Santos Castañeda19, Patricia Moya20, Patricia Morán-Álvarez21, Vanessa A. Navarro-Angeles6, Joan Calvet-Fontova22, Ivette Casafont23, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán24, Selene Labrada-Arrabal25, Cristina Campos-Fernández26, María Alcalde-Villar27, Antonio Juan-Mas28 and Ricardo Blanco29, 1Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 2Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, 3Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, 4Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, 6Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi. Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain, 7Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, 8Rheumatology department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 9Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, 10Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, 11Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, 12Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 13Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, 14Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, 15H. Navarra, Navarra, Spain, 16Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 17Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 18Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevial, Spain, 19Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 20Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 21Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, 22Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain, 23Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, 24H. La Fe, Valencia, Spain, 25Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, 26Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 27Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Spain, 28Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 29Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: To standardize research studies different classification systems are used. Currently, the ACR Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) 19901 classification criteria is probably the most widely…
  • Abstract Number: 0162 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Guiding Decision-making on Treatment Duration: Data from RHAPSODY, a Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Rilonacept in Recurrent Pericarditis

    Paul Cremer1, David Lin2, Alistair Wheeler3, Antonio Abbate4, Antonio Brucato5, Fang Fang6, Antonella Insalaco7, Martin LeWinter8, Basil S. Lewis9, Sushil A. Luis10, Stephen J. Nicholls11, John Petersen12, Allan Klein1, Massimo Imazio13 and John F Paolini6, 1Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, 3Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, 4VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 5Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Milano, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, Italy, 6Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp., Lexington, MA, 7Department of Pediatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy, 8Cardiology Unit, The University of Vermont Medical Center, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 9Cardiovascular Clinical Research Institute, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 10Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY, 11MonashHeart, Department of Cardiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 12Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 13University Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Background/Purpose: The magnitude of pericardial delayed hyperenhancement (DHE) by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) illustrates the severity of inflammation in pericarditis. We hypothesized that patients…
  • Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Development of a Deep Learning Algorithm for the Detection of Sacroiliitis on MRI in Patients with Active Axial Spondyloarthritis

    Joeri Nicolaes1, Pedro Machado2, Xenofon Baraliakos3, Mayank Santosh4, Andrew Carnell4, Natasha de Peyrecave4 and Alexander Bennett5, 1UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium; Medical Image Computing, ESAT-PSI, Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 3Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, 4UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, 5Academic Department of Military Rehabilitation, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court, Epsom, UK; National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a critical role in assisting the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). There are many characteristic MRI lesions that can…
  • Abstract Number: 0168 • ACR Convergence 2021

    A Crowdsourcing Approach to Develop Machine Learning Models to Quantify Radiographic Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Dongmei Sun1, Robert Allaway2, Jelai Wang1, Verena Chung2, Thomas Yu2, Isaac Dimitrovsky3, Lars Ericson4, Yuanfang Guan5, Ariel Israel6, Hongyang Li5, Michael Mason7, Alex Olar8, Balint Pataki8, Stephanie Ledbetter1, RA2 DREAM Challenge Community9, Gustavo Stolovitzky10, Justin Guinney2, Percio Gulko11, Mason Frazier1, James Costello12, Jake Chen1 and S. Louis Bridges, Jr.13, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA, 3Self-employed, New York, NY, 4Catskills Research, Charlotte, NC, 5University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 6Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 7BMS, Seattle, WA, 8Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 9RA2 DREAM Challenge Community, New York, NY, 10IBM, New York, NY, 11Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 12University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, 13Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the synovium, leading to joint space narrowing and osseous erosions. The…
  • Abstract Number: 0167 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Reliability of a Novel Pediatric Joint-Specific Scoring System for the Elbow, Wrist and Finger Joints

    Patricia Vega-Fernandez1, Ysabella Esteban2, Edward Oberle3, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier4, Matthew Clark5, Hulya Bukulmez6, Susan Shenoi7, Akaluck Thatayatikom8, Heather Benham9, Emily Brunner10, Leandra Woolnough8, Michael Henrickson1, Laura Ballenger3, Deidre DeRanieri11, Sarah Hoffmann12, Ginger Janow13, Mekibib Altaye14, Amy Cassedy2, Johannes Roth15 and Tracy Ting1, 1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 3Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 4CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, 5Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 6MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve, Pepper Pike, OH, 7Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 8University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 9Scottish RIte Hospital, North Richland Hills, TX, 10Geisinger, Bloomsburg, PA, 11Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, 12Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, 13Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack Meridian Health, Glen Rock, NJ, 14Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 15University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: The clinical decision-making process in pediatric arthritis lacks an objective, reliable bedside imaging tool. Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is increasingly being utilized in children. In…
  • Abstract Number: 0165 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Shear-Wave Elastography Evaluation of Major Salivary Glands and Correlation with B-mode Findings in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome

    Ana Prata1, Joao Freitas2, Mary Lucy Marques3, Flavio Costa4, Mariana Santiago5, Sara Serra1, Margarida Coutinho1, Tânia Santiago1, João Pedro Lopes Rovisco1 and Jose Pereira da Silva6, 1Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 2Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 3Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 4Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Coimbra, Portugal, 5Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Unknown, Colombia, 6University of Coimbra | UC · Clínica Universitária de Reumatologia. Faculty of Medicine, Columbia, Portugal

    Background/Purpose: Salivary-gland ultrasound has recently shown to help in the diagnosis and monitoring of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS)1. Shear-wave elastography (SWE) is a promising tool…
  • Abstract Number: 0169 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Ultrasonography of Auricular Cartilage Is a Useful Tool for Diagnosing and Monitoring Disease Activity in Relapsing Polychondritis

    Yoshinori Taniguchi1, Hirofumi Nishikawa2, Takeshi Yoshida3, Satoshi Inotani4 and Yoshio Terada2, 1Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, 2Kochi Medical School Hospital, Nankoku, Japan, 3Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Japan, 4Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi-city, Japan

    Background/Purpose: In patients with atypical clinical symptoms or imaging findings, because there are no specific and easily measurable markers for RP serologically, it is often…
  • Abstract Number: 0171 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Bone Erosions and Osteophytes in Premenopausal Women with Long-standing Rheumatoid Arthritis: Association with Systemic Bone Involvement Using HR-pQCT

    Mariana Perez1, Camille Figueiredo1, Lucas Sales1, ANA MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO1, Liliam Takayama1, Diogo Domiciano1, Karina Bonfiglioli1, Valeria Caparbo1 and Rosa Pereira2, 1Rheumatology Division, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2Rheumatology Division, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Two patterns of bone involvement are described in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic and localized. Systemic bone involvement is characterized by loss of generalized bone…
  • Abstract Number: 0170 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Direct and Conditional Effects of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume on Coronary Plaque Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    George Karpouzas1, sarah ormseth2, Elizabeth Hernandez2 and Matthew Budoff3, 1Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 2The Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 3Division of Cardiology, and the Lundquist Institute ay Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

    Background/Purpose: Epicardial adipose tissue volume (EATv) predicts coronary atherosclerosis presence, progression and cardiovascular events in general patients. We recently reported that EATv associated with greater…
  • Abstract Number: 0166 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Digital Extensor Paratenonitis Is Frequent in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Mihaela Maruseac1, Adrien NZEUSSEU TOUKAP2 and Maria S. Stoenoiu3, 1Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussel, Belgium, 2Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 3Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium

    Background/Purpose: Finger extensor tendon involvement (FEP) or paratenonitis has previously been described by ultrasound (US) in patients suffering from early psoriatic arthritis. Contradictory results were…
  • Abstract Number: 0160 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Identifying Erosive Disease from Radiology Reports of Veterans with Inflammatory Arthritis with Natural Language Processing

    Gopi Penmetsa1, Jessica Walsh2, Shaobo Pei3, Brian Sauer4, Kevin Douglas5, Jodi Walker5, Jerry Clewell6 and Bingjian Feng1, 1Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs and University of Utah Medical Centers, Salt Lake City, UT, 2Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, 3VAMC, Salt Lake City, SLC, 4Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 5AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, 6Abbvie Inc, North Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: The presence of erosive disease influences diagnosis, management, & prognosis in inflammatory arthritis (IA). Inflammatory arthritis research in large datasets is limited by a…
  • Abstract Number: 0141 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Who Gets Influenza Vaccinations Prior to and After a Diagnosis of RA? Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)

    Viviane Ta1, Orit Schieir2, Marie-France Valois1, Ines Colmegna3, Carol Hitchon4, Louis Bessette5, Glen Hazlewood6, Carter Thorne7, Janet Pope8, Gilles Boire9, Diane Tin10, Edward Keystone11, Vivian Bykerk12, Susan Bartlett1 and CATCH Investigators13, 1McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montréal, QC, Canada, 3The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, 4University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 5Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Qubec, Québec City, QC, Canada, 6University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 7Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 8University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 9Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 10The Arthritis Program Research Group, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 11Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, 12Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 13Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Investigators, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for adults with RA, but remains low in established RA. We examined influenza vaccination coverage in the year prior…
  • Abstract Number: 0112 • ACR Convergence 2021

    A Randomized Trial Showing No Differences in Patient Satisfaction with Telemedicine Delivered by Phone or Video During COVID-19 in Rheumatology and Other Medical Specialty Clinics

    Maria I. Danila1, Dongmei Sun2, Lesley Jackson1, Gary Cutter1, Elizabeth Jackson1, Eric Ford1, Erin DeLaney1, Amy Mudano1, Jeffrey Foster1, Giovanna Rosas1, Jeffrey Curtis3 and Kenneth Saag1, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant shift to home-based telemedicine including video and phone-only visits in many medical specialties. However, patients may…
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