Abstracts tagged "aortitis"

Abstract Number: 1865 • ACR Convergence 2021
Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Chronic Periaortitis: A Population-based Study
Umar Ghaffar¹, Kenneth Warrington², Stephanie Duong¹, Cynthia Crowson³, Michelle Burke¹, Boyd Viers¹, Aaron Potretzke¹, Haraldur Bjarnason¹ and Matthew Koster¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, ³Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Chronic periaortitis is an inflammatory condition that typically involves the infrarenal portion of the abdominal aorta. To date, no epidemiologic studies have been performed…
Abstract Number: 945 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical Manifestations in IgG4 Related Disease Patients with/without Aortitis/Periaortitis and Periarteritis: A Prospective Cohort Study of 587 Patients with IgG4-RD Disease
Linyi Peng ¹, Wen Zhang ² and Panpan Zhang¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: We aimed to clarify the clinical features of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) with/without aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis (PAO/PA), and evaluate the treatment efficacy of patients with…
Abstract Number: 1181 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab in Aortitis: A Multicenter Study of 79 Patients
Mónica Calderón-Goercke¹, Javier Loricera ², DIANA PRIETO- PENA ³, Vicente Aldasoro Caceres ⁴, Santos Castañeda ⁵, Ignacio Villa ⁶, Alicia Humbría ⁷, Clara Moriano ⁸, Susana Romero-Yuste ⁹, Javier Narváez ¹⁰, Catalina Gómez-Arango ¹¹, Eva Perez Pampín ¹², Rafael Melero ¹³, Marcelino Revenga ¹⁴, Noelia Álvarez-Rivas ¹⁵, Francisca Sivera ¹⁶, María Álvarez del buergo ¹⁷, Luisa Marena-Rojas ¹⁸, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa ¹⁹, Beatriz Arca ²⁰, Roser Solans-Laqué ²¹, Carlos Vazquez ²², Pau Lluch ²³, Eva salgado-Pérez ²⁴, Cristina Luna-Gómez ²⁵, F. Javier Toyos-Sáenz De Miera ²⁶, Nagore Fernández-Llanio ²⁷, Antonio García ²⁸, Carmen Larena ²⁹, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao ¹, Iñigo Gonzalez-Mazon ³, Natalia Palmou-Fontana ³, Vanesa Calvo-Río ¹, Carmen González-Vela ¹, Alfonso Corrales ³⁰, María Varela-García ⁴, Elena Aurrecoechea ⁶, Raquel Dos Santos ³¹, Sabela Fernández ²⁰, Jose Luis Hernández ¹, Miguel Angel González-Gay ³² and Ricardo Blanco ³³, ¹Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Alto Deba, Mondragon, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹³Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Río Carrión, Palencia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, Spain, ²¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²²Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ²³Hospital Mateu Orfila, Menorca, Islas Baleares, Spain, ²⁴Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ³¹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, ³²Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Aortitis can be idiopathic or associated with other conditions. It is frequently refractory to conventional immunosuppressive therapy. Tocilizumab (TCZ), an anti-IL-6 receptor antibody seems…