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Abstract Number: 295 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Assessing the Vascularization of Salivary Glands in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome – An OMERACT Ultrasound Group Reliability Exercise
Alojzija Hocevar¹, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin ², Nejc Perko ³, STEPHANIE FINZEL ⁴, PETRA HANOVA ⁵, ANNAMARIA IAGNOCCO ⁶, Nevsun Inanc ⁷, ESPERANZA NAREDO ⁸, WOLFGANG A. SCHMIDT ⁹, Lene Terslev ¹⁰, ALEN ZABOTTI ¹¹, Matija Tomšič ¹² and George A. W. Bruyn ¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ²Rheumatology Department, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ³Faculty of electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre, FREIBURG, Germany, ⁵5Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, PRAGUE, Czech Republic, ⁶Academic Rheumatology Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, TURIN, Italy, ⁷Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ISTANBUL, Turkey, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Joint and Bone Research Unit. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma, MADRID, Spain, ⁹Medical Center of Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin Buch, BERLIN, Germany, ¹⁰Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Rheumatology Clinic, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, UDINE, Italy, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep Hospitals., Lelystad, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The vascularization of salivary glands (SG) in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) has not been extensively studied by imaging methods, and currently no agreement exists on…
Abstract Number: 296 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Elbow Arthritis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Ultrasound Study
Diana Vossen ¹, Valentin Schaefer², Florian Recker ³, Isabelle Geffken ⁴, Eva Matuschek ⁵ and Wolfgang Hartung ⁶, ¹Departement for Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Rheinisches Rheumazentrum Meerbusch, St. Elisabeth-Hospital, Meerbusch, Germany; German Society for Rheumatology (Working Group Young Rheumatology), Meerbusch, Germany, ²Medical Clinic III , Rheumatology und clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³1. Medical Clinic III , Rheumatology und clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn and 2. Department for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Departement for Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Rheinisches Rheumazentrum Meerbusch, St.Elisabeth Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁵Department for Internal Medicine, Dreifaltigkeits-Krankenhaus Wesseling, bonn, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology und clinical Immunology, Asklepios Klinik, 93077 Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound is an important imaging method in the diagnosis of arthritis, especially rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The prevalence of elbow joint arthritis in RA…
Abstract Number: 297 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation of the Fingers’ Joints of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients – Interim Analysis
Ari Polachek¹, Victoria Furer ², Mirna Zureik ², Sharon Nevo ², Liran Mendel ², David Levartovsky ³, Jonathan Wollman ⁴, Valerie Aloush ⁵, Mark Berman ⁶, Ilana Kaufman ⁶, Yael Lahat ², Hagit Sarbagil-Maman ⁷, Sara Borok ⁶, Adi Broyde ⁶, Lihi Eder ⁸, Daphna Paran ¹, Iris Eshed ⁹ and Ori Elkayam ¹⁰, ¹Tel-Aviv Sourasky medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ³Sourasky medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Sourasky Medical Center, Herzelia, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky medical center, Tel Aviv, ⁶Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Tel-Aviv Sourasky medical center, Qiryat-Ono, Israel, ⁸Women’s College Hospital and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁹Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Tel Aviv Medical Center, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel., Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory disease affecting up to 30% of psoriasis patients. PsA can involve both the peripheral and axial skeleton and…
Abstract Number: 298 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
In CCP Positive “At Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis” Individuals, the Presence of Sub-clinical Synovitis in 4-10joints Universally Results in Clinical Synovitis
Laurence Duquenne¹, Kulveer Mankia ², Jacqueline Nam ², Andrea Di Matteo ², Leticia Garcia-Montoya ² and Paul Emery ², ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In a cohort of Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Positive (Anti-CCP+) At-Risk of developing inflammatory arthritis (IA) individuals without clinical synovitis, previous univariable analysis showed that…
Abstract Number: 299 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Definition of New Ultrasound Enthesophytes Score: Application in a Consecutive Series of IBD Patients
Pierluigi Macchioni ¹, federica Martinis ², Giorgia Citriniti³, Nicolò Girolimetto ³ and Carlo Salvarani ⁴, ¹Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, ²Università di Verona, Verona, Italy, ³Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have developed criteria for US definition of entheseal abnormalities (1), however no actual scores are available to determine the extension and severity…
Abstract Number: 300 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Proliferative Globular Synovitis, an Ultrasound Pattern Associated with Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ana Belén Azuaga-Piñango¹, Beatriz Frade-Sosa ², Roberto Gumucio ³, Katherine Cajiao-Sanchez ², Stanislava Mandelikova ², Virginia Ruiz-Esquide ⁴, Raul Castellanos-Moreira ², Raimon Sanmarti ⁵, Juan Cañete ⁵ and Julio Ramirez ¹, ¹Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department. Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has a synovial ultrasound (US) pattern, while soft tissue involvement is more frequently found in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). No previous studies…
Abstract Number: 301 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
PANLAR Ultrasound Study Group Recommendations for the Use of Imaging in the Management of Patients with Gout
Marwin Gutierrez ¹, Carlos Pineda ¹, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado ², Mario Moreno Alvarez ³, Javier Rosa ⁴, Anthony Reginato⁵, Mario Chavez ⁶, Magaly Alva Linares ⁷, Marcelo Audisio ⁸, José Alexandre Mendonca ⁹, Tomas Cazenave ¹⁰, Oscar Sedano ¹¹, Lucio Ventura Ríos ¹², Eugenio de Miguel ¹³, Gurjit Kaeley ¹⁴, Eduardo Scheines ¹⁰, Fritz Hofmann ¹⁵, Gabriel Aguilar ¹⁶, Christian Waimann ¹⁷, Florencia Marengo ¹⁷ and Santiago Ruta ¹⁸, ¹Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación “Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra”, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital General Luis Vernaza, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Guayaquil, Ecuador, ⁴Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Providence VAMC, Associate Professor in Medicine, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Providence, ⁶Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, México., Aguascalientes, Mexico, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Peru., Lima, Peru, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina., Cordoba, Argentina, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil, Campinas, Brazil, ¹⁰Rheumatology Section, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹¹Reumatology Section, Hospital Marino Molina Scippa, Lima, Perú, Lima, Peru, ¹²Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", México, Mexico, Mexico, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL., Florida, ¹⁵Diagnostik Group, Puerto Vallarta, México., Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, ¹⁶Centro Diagnóstico Rossi, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁷Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Dr. Héctor Cura, Olavarría, Argentina., Olavarria, Argentina, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital San Martín de La Plata and Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Italiano de La Plata, Argentina., La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Gout is a metabolic disease caused by deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) monohydrate crystals in different tissues. Imaging may be useful to evaluate the…
Abstract Number: 302 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Impact of a Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic at a U.S. Academic Center
Sarah Chung¹, Katherine Wysham ², Elizabeth Jernberg ³, Ingeborg Sacksen ³, Scott Pollock ¹ and Alison Bays ¹, ¹University of Washington Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, WA, ²Veterans Health Administration Puget Sound, Seattle WA, Seattle, ³University of Washington Division of Rheumatology, Seattle
Background/Purpose: Routine use of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK-US) to aid in clinical decision-making for rheumatology patients is less common in the United States than in Europe,…
Abstract Number: 303 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Utility of Power Doppler Ultrasound–Detected Synovitis for the Prediction of Flare in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients in Clinical Remission
Johana Zacariaz Hereter¹, Josefina Marin ², Maria Laura Acosta Felquer ², Martin Brom ³, Javier Rosa ⁴, Ricardo Garcia Monaco ¹ and Enrique Soriano ⁵, ¹Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, buenos aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina., Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) has been shown to detect subclinical synovitis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The aim of this study was to evaluate PDUS…
Abstract Number: 304 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The ACR’s Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Demonstrates Improvements in Many Measures of Quality of Care Between 2015 and 2017
Zara Izadi¹, Gabriela Schmajuk ², Julia Kay ³, Michael Evans ¹ and Jinoos Yazdany ³, ¹UCSF Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, ²UCSF, SFVAMC Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The ACR’s Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) is an EHR‐enabled registry that represents over 36% of the U.S. clinical rheumatology workforce and calculates…
Abstract Number: 305 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Naming Is Everything! the Cost of Inappropriate “Lupus Panel” Testing
Caleb Anderson¹, Roger Stitt ² and Robert O'Brian ¹, ¹Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ²US Army, Ft Eustis
Background/Purpose: Greater emphasis has been placed on cost saving measures due to ballooning healthcare cost in the U.S. ACGME now evaluates trainee ability to practice…
Abstract Number: 306 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Infrequent Screening but High Prevalence of Antinuclear Antibodies in Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Jihad Ben Gabr¹ and Andras Perl ¹, ¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) established case definitions of 19 specific neuropsychiatric syndromes seen in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1). Therefore,…
Abstract Number: 307 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
ANA-lysis: Utility of Repeated Antinuclear Antibody Testing in a Single Center
Ai Li Yeo¹, Jason Ong ¹, Kathryn Connelly ², Suong Le ², Ronnie Ptsaznik ², Jane Ross ², Eric Morand ³ and Michelle Leech ¹, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ³Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Reducing unnecessary laboratory investigations is a health economic priority. Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) testing is performed as part of the diagnostic work up for autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 308 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Quality Control of Antinuclear Antibody Detection by Indirect Immunofluorescence and Flow Cytometry-based Recombinant Antigen Assays
Konrad Dziamski¹ and Andras Perl ¹, ¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Indirect immunofluorescence (IF) is the recommended initial test for detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) by the American College of Rheumatology (Ann Rheum. Dis 69:1420-2),…
Abstract Number: 309 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Increasing Capacity and Reducing Costs of Rituximab Administration
Zachary Wallace¹, Tyler Harkness ¹, Kimberly Blumenthal ¹, Hyon K. Choi ², John Stone ³ and Rochelle Walensky ¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is associated with a large cost burden on the healthcare system and treatment delays that often exceed one month because the long…

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