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  • Abstract Number: 1551 • ACR Convergence 2022

    The Utility of Imaging Studies (MRA and CTA) in Long-Term Monitoring for Patients with Takayasu Arteritis

    Saja Almaaitah1, Chao Zhang2 and alexandra villa forte1, 1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    Background/Purpose: Takayasu Arteritis (TA) is a complex large vessel vasculitis that leads to arterial stenosis, occlusion and aneurysmal formation. Assessment of disease activity is a…
  • Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Rare Variant Analysis of Aortopathy Genes in Takayasu’s Arteritis

    Hugh Alessi1, Yiming Luo1, Kaitlin Quinn2 and Peter Grayson3, 1NIH, Bethesda, MD, 2National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 3National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: A set of genes has been associated with aortopathies, which are defined as non-inflammatory diseases where the integrity of large arteries is compromised leading…
  • Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Exploratory Clinical Subgroup Clustering in Systemic Sclerosis – Results from the Indian Progressive Systemic Sclerosis Registry

    Shery Susan Philip1, Ramya Janardana1, Revanesh S Mirji1, Chengappa Kavadichanda2, Devender Bairwa3, Geetabali Sircar4, Parasar Ghosh5, Anupam Wakhlu6, Padmanabha Shenoy7, Sumithra Selvam8 and Vineeta Shobha1, 1St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India, 2JIPMER, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, 3Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, Puducherry, India, 4Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 5Govt of West Bengal, Kolkata, India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 6Apollo Medics Super Speciality Hospitals, Lucknow, India, 7Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence (CARE), Cochi, India, 8Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, St. John’s Research Institute, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India

    Background/Purpose: Classification of systemic sclerosis (SSc) into subsets has been a challenge due to it's heterogeneity. This study attempts to identify SSc subsets based on…
  • Abstract Number: 1550 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Involvement of Iliofemoral Arteries in PET/CT Are Associated with Atherosclerotic Risk Factors in Takayasu’s Arteritis

    SEMA KAYMAZ-TAHRA1, Salih Ozguven2, Nuh Filizoglu2, Ali Ugur Unal3, Fatma Alibaz-Oner4, Tunc Ones2, Tanju Yusuf Erdil2 and Haner Direskeneli5, 1Sancaktepe Prof Dr Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Marmara University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 4Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Iliofemoral artery disease, which is commonly observed in severe atherosclerosis, may also be present in Takayasu's arteritis (TAK). In this study we aimed to…
  • Abstract Number: 1563 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Common Femoral Vein Wall Thickness Measurement as a Diagnostic Test in Incomplete Behçet’s Disease

    Fatma Alibaz-Oner1, seda kutluğ ağaçkıran2, Rabia Ergelen3, Fatma Temiz3, efe Soydemir3, Tulin Ergun4 and Haner Direskeneli5, 1Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Marmara University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Marmara University, School of Medicine, Departmant of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 4Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Diagnosing Behçet's Disease (BD) can be a clinical challenge in patients presenting with limited organ manifestations, especially with single major organ involvement. We reported…
  • Abstract Number: 1557 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Microvascular Involvement in Behçet’s Disease: Study of Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Patients from a National Referral Center

    Belén Atienza-Mateo1, Alfonso del Peral-Fanjul2, Veronica Pulito-Cueto3, Diana Prieto-Peña1, Miguel Ángel González-Gay4 and Ricardo Blanco5, 1Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 2Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Spain, 3IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 4Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Ocular and mucocutaneous manifestations of Behçet's disease (BD) are globally recognized and widely studied [Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Dec;71(12):2081-2089, Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 Sep-Oct;38 Suppl…
  • Abstract Number: 1559 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Long Term Clinical Effects of Apremilast on Behcet’s Disease and Changes in Serum Cytokines

    Yusuke Ushio1, Risa Wakiya2, Kiyo Ueeda3, Tomohiro Kameda2, shusaku nakashima4, Hiromi Shimada2, Mikiya Kato2, taichi miyagi5, Rina Mino6, Kanako Chujo7 and Hiroaki Dobashi8, 1Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, 2Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, 3Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, 4Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, 5Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, 6Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, 7Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, 8Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Apremilast, the small-molecule phosphodiesterase -4 inhibitor, was approved for the treatment of recurrent oral ulcers associated with Behcet's disease (BD) in Japan from September…
  • Abstract Number: 1555 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Comparison Between Clinical Features, Acute Phase Reactants, Imaging Between Takayasu and LV-GCA Patients at Diagnosis and During Follow-up in Italian Patients in Monocentric Study

    Luigi Boiardi1, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI2, Francesco Muratore1, GIULIA KLINOWSKI3, ELENA GALLI1, FEDERICA MACALUSO3, MASSIMILIANO CASALI1, GIULIA BESUTTI1 and Carlo Salvarani4, 1Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 3IRCCS REGGIO EMILIA, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 4Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Few studies compared the demographic, clinical, laboratory and imaging features, and outcomes of Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and large-vessel giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA). Aim of…
  • Abstract Number: 1566 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Outcome of Vascular Involvement of Behçet Syndrome Treated with Infliximab: A Retrospective Cohort Study

    gulen Hatemi1, Nur Beyza Tukek2, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu1, Yesim Ozguler3, Sitki Safa Taflan2, Melike Melikoglu1, Serdal Ugurlu4, Izzet Fresko1, Zekayi Kutlubay5, Sebahattin Yurdakul1, Hasan Yazici6 and Vedat Hamuryudan7, 1Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, 4Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 6Letter to Editor Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 7Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Vascular involvement is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with Behçet syndrome (BS). We aimed to survey the efficacy and safety…
  • Abstract Number: 1568 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Evaluation for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Indications and Eligibility in a Prospective Cohort of Patients with VEXAS

    Marcela Ferrada1, Peter Grayson2, Lorena Wilson3, David Beck4, Wendy Goodspeed5, Ivana Darden6, Emma Groarke6, Dennis Hickstein6 and Bhavisha Patel7, 1National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 3National Institutes of Health, Silver Spring, MD, 4New York University, New York, NY, 5National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 6NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda, MD, 7National Institutes of Health, Beltsville, MD

    Background/Purpose: VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a newly described genetic disease due to mutations in UBA1 in hematopoietic stem cells. Patients…
  • Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Dissection of Ocular and Peripheral Blood Immune Phenotypes Suggests Preferential Transmigration of CD16+ Monocytes to Effector Sites in Behçet’s Disease

    Yesim Ozguler1, Ziyan Lin2, Ann Cavers3, gulen Hatemi4, Olivier Manches5 and Johannes Nowatzky3, 1Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, 2NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Applied Informatics Laboratories, New York, NY, 3NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 4Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Recherche et Développement, Immunobiology and Immunotherapy in Chronic Diseases, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Université Grenoble Alpes Etablissement Français du Sang Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grenoble, France

    Background/Purpose: Cellular immunity of Behçet's Disease (BD) remains poorly understood. Previous work has provided clues pointing to most innate and adaptive immune cell types in…
  • Abstract Number: 1567 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Refractory Macular Edema Due to Behçet’s Disease. Multicenter Comparative Study of Adalimumab and Certolizumab Pegol

    José Luis Martín-Varillas1, Lara Sánchez-Bilbao2, Vanesa Calvo Río3, Alf Adán4, Inés Hernanz Rodríguez4, Miguel Cordero Coma5, David Díaz Valle6, Patricia Fanlo7, Juan Ramón de Dios8, A. Garcia-Aparicio9, Sergio Rodriguez Montero10, Vega Jovani Casano11, Patricia Moya Alvarado12, eva Peña Sainz-Pardo13, José Luis Hernández2 and Ricardo Blanco14, 1Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Cantabria, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 3Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, 4H. Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 5Hospital de León, León, Spain, 6Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 7Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Spain, 8Hospital de Araba, Araba, Spain, 9Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, 10Virgen de Valme University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, 11National Health system, Alicante, Spain, 12Hospital Parc Tauli, Barcelona, Spain, 13Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 14Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Cystoid Macular Edema (CME) is the leading cause of blindness in non-infectious uveitis. Behçet's disease (BD) is one of the diseases most frequently associated…
  • Abstract Number: 1057 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Usefulness of REVEAL 2.0 Score as a Prognosis Tool of All-Cause Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: A Multicentric Study

    Ivette Casafont-Solé1, Laura Calvo2, Anne Riveros-Frutos3, Carlos De la Puente Bujidos4, Pau Alcubilla5, Lourdes Mateo1 and Ivan Castellví6, 1Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, 4Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 5Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 6Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) leads to a progressive right heart failure and death.PAH is a leading cause of death in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). To…
  • Abstract Number: 1509 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Patient Clusters Identified by Machine Learning from a Pooled Analysis of the Clinical Development Program of Secukinumab in Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis with Axial Manifestations

    Xenofon Baraliakos1, Effie Pournara2, Dafna Gladman3, Philip J Mease4, Samad S Jahandideh2 and Laura Coates5, 1Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, 3Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, 5Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Universally acceptable clinical and imaging criteria to define axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is lacking.1 Machine learning (ML) algorithms can detect patterns from large clinical…
  • Abstract Number: 1459 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Evolution of Subjective Cognitive Impairment Overtime in SLE Patients: Bayesian Longitudinal Item Response Theory Modelling

    Michelle Barraclough1, Juan Pablo Diaz-Martinez2, Andrea Knight3, Kathleen Bingham4, Jiandong Su2, Mahta Kakvan5, Carolina Munoz2, Maria Carmela Tartaglia6, Leslet Ruttan7, Joan Wither5, May Choi8, Nicole Anderson9, Dennisse Bonilla2, Simone Appenzeller10, Ben Parker11, Patricia Katz12, Dorcas Beaton13, Robin Green7, Ian N. Bruce14 and Zahi Touma2, 1Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6University of Toronto Krembil Neurosciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, 7University Health Network-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, 8Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 9Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute and University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 10Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 11Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, 12UCSF, San Rafael, CA, 13Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, 14Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) is a significant problem in SLE and there are a lack of studies assessing change over time in SCI. The…
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