Abstracts tagged "Cardiovascular disease"

Abstract Number: 145 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cause-Specific Mortality in a Large Population-Based Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Italy
Francesca Ometto¹, UGO FEDELI², ELENA SCHIEVANO², Costantino Botsios³, MARIA CHIARA CORTI² and Leonardo Punzi⁴, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, PADOVA, Italy, ²Epidemiological Department, Veneto Region, VENETO, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Studies on mortality in RA from Italy are completely lacking. The aim of our study was to investigate cause-specific mortality in RA subjects living…
Abstract Number: 1088 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Staff Protocol in Rheumatology Clinics Reduces Population-Level Rate of High Blood Pressure
Christie M. Bartels¹, Edmond Ramly², Emmanuel Sampene³, Diane Lauver⁴, Patrick McBride⁵ and Heather Johnson⁵, ¹Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, ²Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin College of Engineering, Madison, WI, ³Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁵Cardiology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director has said “nothing will save more lives” than protocols to control blood pressure (BP). BP is…
Abstract Number: 1609 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Telomere Length and Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nathan Stein¹, Joseph F. Solus¹, Annette M. Oeser¹, Paolo Raggi², C Michael Stein¹ and Michelle J. Ormseth³, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Coronary atherosclerosis increases with age but is more prevalent in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) independent of chronological age; this increased prevalence has…
Abstract Number: 2362 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Biomarkers for the Prediction of Subclinical Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joan Bathon¹, Jenny Van Eyk², Nick Knowlton³, Ivan Ferraz-Amaro⁴, Jon T. Giles⁵, C. Michael Stein⁶, Mary Chester M. Wasko⁷ and Michael Centola⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Advanced Clinical BioSystems Research Institute , Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Department of Arthritis and Clinical Rheumatology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, OK, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁶Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁷Lupus Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, OK
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) disease risk prediction models, that were originally developed for use in the general population, have been found to have suboptimal performance in…
Abstract Number: 2937 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic Variants in HLA-C and Class I Pathway Genes Influence Susceptibility to Kawasaki Disease
Chisato Shimizu¹, Jihoon Kim², Hariklia Eleftherohorinou³, Victoria Wright³, Long Hoang⁴, Adriana Tremoulet⁵, Alessandra Franco⁶, Martin Hibberd⁴, Atsushi Takahashi^7,8, Michiaki Kubo⁹, Kaoru Ito¹⁰, Toshihiro Tanaka^10,11, Yoshihiro Onouchi^10,12, Lachlan Coin³, Michael Levin³, Jane Burns¹³ and Hiroko Shike¹⁴, ¹Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ²Medicine, University California San Diego, School of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Informatics, La Jolla, CA, ³Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Pediatrics, University California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁶Pediatrics, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan, ⁸Department of Genomic Medicine, National Cerebral And Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan, ⁹RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan, ¹⁰Laboratory for Cardiovascular Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan, ¹¹Department of Human Genetics and Disease Diversity, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Public Health, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan, ¹³Pediatrics, University California San DIego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, ¹⁴Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Host genetics influence susceptibility to Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute pediatric vasculitis, and genome wide association studies (GWAS) have detected variants with modest effects…
Abstract Number: 146 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Major Cardiovascular Events Among an Inception Cohort of Seniors with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jessica Widdifield^1,2, Michael Paterson², Anjie Huang², Bindee Kuriya³, Carter Thorne⁴, Janet E. Pope⁵ and Sasha Bernatsky⁶, ¹Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: We previously observed that incident RA patients have an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) mortality relative to the general population in Ontario. Our aim…
Abstract Number: 1095 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increasing Lipid Panel Monitoring in a Rheumatology Clinic
Anju Mohan¹ and Beth Scholz², ¹Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune conditions are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general population. It is not routine practice at UT…
Abstract Number: 1610 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Alcohol Use on Cardiovascular Events and Overall Mortality in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
April Jorge¹, Leo Lu², Yuqing Zhang³, Sharan K. Rai⁴ and Hyon K. Choi⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³School Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Women with SLE have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature death. In the general population, moderate alcohol intake is associated with…
Abstract Number: 2363 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Galectin-3 Have Utility As a Biomarker of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in RA Patients Independently of RA Disease Activity?
Amanda Nussdorf¹, Isabelle Amigues² and Joan Bathon³, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Galectin-3 is a beta-galactoside-binding lectin and is a marker of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population. However, galectin-3 level is also elevated in…
Abstract Number: 2960 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Comorbidities of Juvenile Dermatomyositis in United States Children
Jonathan I. Silverberg¹, Lauren Kwa², Michael C. Kwa², Anne Laumann² and Kaveh Ardalan^3,4, ¹Dermatology, Preventive Medicine and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is an autoimmune disease that causes vasculopathy and inflammation of skin and muscles. Previous studies in adult dermatomyositis suggest increased risks…
Abstract Number: 147 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Cardiovascular Risk Age and Vascular Age Estimations in Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Grunde Wibetoe¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Joseph Sexton³, Silvia Rollefstad¹, Eirik Ikdahl¹, George D. Kitas⁴, Piet van Riel⁵, Sherine E. Gabriel⁶, Tore K. Kvien⁷, Karen Douglas⁸, Aamer Sandoo^8,9, Elke Arts⁵, Solveig Wållberg-Jonsson¹⁰, Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist¹⁰, George Karpouzas¹¹, Patrick H. Dessein^12,13, Linda Tsang¹⁴, Hani El-Gabalawy¹⁵, Carol A Hitchon¹⁵, Virginia Pascual-Ramos¹⁶, Irazu Contreras-Yañez¹⁷, Petros P Sfikakis¹⁸, Evangelia Zampeli¹⁹, Miguel Angel González-Gay²⁰, Alfonso Corrales²¹, Iris J. Colunga-Pedraza²², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado²³, Jose Ramon Azpiri-Lopez²⁴ and Anne Grete Semb¹, ¹Preventive Cardio-Rheuma clinic, Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology,Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁷NORDMARD, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, West Midlands, United Kingdom, ⁹School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ¹²Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium, ¹³Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹⁶Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrició, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁷Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁸First Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece, ¹⁹Institute of Autoimmune Systemic and Neurological Diseases, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Johannesburg, South Africa, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario, UANL., Monterrey, Mexico, ²³Chief of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario, UANL., Monterrey, Mexico, ²⁴Cardiology, Hospital Universitario, UANL., Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Risk algorithms for the general population lack precision when applied to RA…
Abstract Number: 1113 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Older Patients with Gout Initiating Probenecid Versus Allopurinol: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Seoyoung C. Kim¹, Tuhina Neogi², Eun Ha Kang³, Jun Liu⁴, Rishi J. Desai⁵, MaryAnn Zhang⁶ and Daniel H. Solomon⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy; Pharmacoepidemiologyand Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease including myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and heart failure (HF). Although both probenecid and…
Abstract Number: 1620 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Habitual Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Burden in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Alexandra Legge¹, Chris Blanchard¹ and John G. Hanly², ¹Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE are at increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). As sedentary behavior and lack of physical activity (PA) have been identified…
Abstract Number: 2365 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Cardiovascular Risk Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Despite an Explicit Cardiovascular Risk Management Program
Maaike Heslinga¹, Inge van den Oever², E. Griep³, Hanneke Griep-Wentink³, Yvo M. Smulders⁴, WF Lems⁵, Maarten Boers⁶, Alexandre Voskuyl⁷, Mike J.L. Peters⁴, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg² and Michael Nurmohamed⁸, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology immunology Center | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Antonius Hospital, Sneek, Netherlands, ⁴Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU Univ Medical Center F-wing, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In 2011, we started a cardiovascular (CV) risk management program for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients visiting Reade in the Netherlands. We previously reported the…
Abstract Number: 2965 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Invasive Imaging Methods for Evaluating the Cardiovascular Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis before and after 18 Months of Treatment with Anti-TNF Drugs
Fabiola Atzeni¹, Luigi Gianturco², Laura Boccassini³, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini³ and Maurizio Turiel⁴, ¹Rheumatology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli - Sacco, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ²Beato Matteo” Hospital, GSD Foundation, Vigevano, Italy, Vigevano, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli - Sacco, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy, ⁴IRCCS, Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Dept. Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate left ventricular myocardial function with two- dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), in addition to conventional Doppler…

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