Abstracts tagged "Cardiovascular disease"

Abstract Number: 1682 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Clinical Remission (Disease Activity Score 28 <2.6) Protects for Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Elke.E.A. Arts¹, Jaap Fransen², Alfons A. den Broeder³, Calin Popa¹ and Piet L.C.M. van Riel¹, ¹Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation appears to be an independent risk factor for CVD in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but there is no clear difference in CVD risk…
Abstract Number: 1253 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identifying Vulnerable Plaque in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Study Using Novel Microbubble-Contrast Enhanced Carotid Ultrasonography
Kimberly P. Liang¹, Douglas P. Landsittel², Suresh R. Mulukutla³, Steven E. Reis⁴, Marc C. Levesque¹, Flordeliza S. Villanueva³, Hunter C. Champion⁵ and Larry W. Moreland¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medicine, Biostatistics and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Health Care Research Data Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Division of Cardiology and Department of Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is independently associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Markers of systemic inflammation, as seen in RA, are associated…
Abstract Number: 210 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Dermatomyositis with a Focus On Cardiovascular Disease
Mariana T. Moraes¹, Fernando H.C. Souza², Thiago B. M. Barros¹ and Samuel K. Shinjo¹, ¹Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities associated with increased cardiovascular risk. MetS has been systematically evaluated in all systemic autoimmune rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1686 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vertebral Fracture Assessment-Detected Abdominal Aortic Calcification Enhances Cardiovascular Disease Risk Stratification of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Ausaf Mohammad¹, Derek Lohan², Diane Bergin², Sarah Mooney², John Newell³, Martin O'Donnell⁴, Robert J. Coughlan¹ and John J. Carey¹, ¹Rheumatology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ²Radiology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ³Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, ⁴Clinical Research Facility, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
Vertebral Fracture Assessment-detected Abdominal Aortic Calcification Enhances Cardiovascular Disease Risk Stratification of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are major comorbidities and CVD…
Abstract Number: 1255 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vascular Calcification On Hand and Feet X-Rays, VFA Imaging of the Spine, and Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ausaf Mohammad¹, Collette English², Derek Lohan², Diane Bergin², Sarah Mooney², John Newell³, Martin O'Donnell⁴, Robert J. Coughlan¹ and John J. Carey¹, ¹Rheumatology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ²Radiology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ³Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, ⁴Clinical Research Facility, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
Vascular Calcification on Hand and Feet X-rays, VFA imaging of the spine, and Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid ArthritisBackground/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at…
Abstract Number: 161 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Serum Uric Acid: Consequence or Cause of Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Inger L. Meek¹, Harald E. Vonkeman² and Mart A.F.J. van de Laar³, ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology Center Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente & Twente University, Enschede, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology Center Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente & Twente University, Enschede, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente & University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Reports on cardiovascular (CV) disease in hyperuricemia and gout show conflicting results. Some studies show hyperuricemia to be an independent risk factor for CV…
Abstract Number: 1668 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving the Accuracy of Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Rheumatoid Arthritis with a New Predictive Model Using the 10-Year Prospective Carre-Study
Alper M. van Sijl¹, Inge A.M. van den Oever¹, Mike J.L. Peters², Vokko P. van Halm³, Alexandre E. Voskuyl⁴, Yvo M. Smulders⁵ and Mike T. Nurmohamed¹, ¹Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Internal medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease which is associated with an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Traditional CV risk factors do not…
Abstract Number: 1198 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Events Are More Frequent Prior to the Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis Than in the General Population
Helen Pahau Sr.¹, Vibeke Videm², Sanjoy Paul³ and Ranjeny Thomas⁴, ¹Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital,, Trondheim, Norway, ³University of Queensland School of Population Health, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: Patients with the inflammatory autoimmune disease Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) have a higher mortality and morbidity than the general population, predominantly related to cardiovascular disease…
Abstract Number: 165 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Colchicine Is Associated with a Decreased Rate of Myocardial Infarction in Gout Patients: Interim Results From a Retrospective Cohort Study
Daria B. Crittenden¹, Cilian J. White¹, Michael DeBerardine¹, Grace Kim², Binita Shah³, Jessica C. Kimmel¹, Rima D. Patel¹, Steven P. Sedlis³, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁴, Craig T. Tenner⁵, Bruce N. Cronstein¹ and Michael H. Pillinger¹, ¹Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ²NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³NYU School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York, NY, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁵Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process, but to date no anti-inflammatory agent has definitively been shown to alter cardiovascular (CV) risk. Colchicine is an anti-inflammatory…

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