Abstracts tagged "Cardiovascular"

Abstract Number: 2317 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cardiovascular Risk and Psoriatic Arthritis Features: Dactylitis may Predict Cardiovascular Events
Roel Sanchez Baez¹, Katherine Benson¹, Arthur Kavanaugh² and Monica Guma¹, ¹University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation, UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with PsA have an elevated risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. We assessed whether specific PsA features may predict CV events among PsA patients.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 1779 • ACR Convergence 2025
Citrullinated and Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Modified Fibrinogen Activates Macrophages and Induces Inflammatory Responses in Coronary Endothelium
Wenxian Zhou¹, Hannah Johnson², Michael Duryee², Engle Sharp², Carlos Hunter², Tate Johnson², Mabruka Alfaidi², Daniel Anderson³, Kishore Bidasee², Geoffrey Thiele² and Ted Mikuls², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ^30587964, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction is a key driver of cardiovascular (CV) complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), yet mechanisms underlying EC dysfunction in RA are…
Abstract Number: 1427 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Biologic Therapy on Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Ventricular Function in Psoriatic Arthritis
Rebeca L. Polina-Lugo¹, Oscar Azael Garza-Flores², Fernanda M. Garcia-Garcia³, Esteban C. Garza-Gonzalez⁴, Ricardo I. De la Rosa-Vazquez⁵, Victoria P. Limas-Martínez⁵, Annette Dominguez-Guerra⁵, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-de la Garza⁶, Iris J. Colunga-Pedraza³, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³, Jose R Azpiri-Lopez⁷, Victor M Fraga-Enriquez⁸ and Diego Azamat Salcedo Almanza⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Guadalupe, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁵Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁶Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁷Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁸Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁹Radiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk due to a higher prevalence of comorbidities and chronic systemic inflammation. In those…
Abstract Number: 0709 • ACR Convergence 2025
Systemic Sclerosis Inducible Pluripotential Stem Cells Reprogrammed into Endothelial Cells Identify Vascular Permeability May Not Be Cytokine Driven
Tracy Frech¹, Venkateswara Gogulamudi², Denisse Moreno², Eric Austin¹, Charles Frech³, Anna Hemnes¹, Tania Ruiz¹, Alex Shahin¹, Megha Talati¹, Colin Maguire⁴ and Anthony Donato², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) disease models that faithfully recapitulate endothelial mediated vasculopathy are critical for testing and developing novel treatments. The generation of inducible pluripotential…
Abstract Number: 0502 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Comparative Safety of Tocilizumab and Sarilumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multi-Center Observational Study
Satani Sharkas¹, Saeed Abughazaleh² and Dariush Jahandideh³, ¹Boston Medical Center - Brighton, Brighton, MA, ²Boston Medical Center - Brighton, Brighton, ³Boston Medical Center - Brighton, Boston
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitors, including tocilizumab and sarilumab, are approved treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, comparative safety data on cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) in Rheumatoid Arthritis: associations with treatment response and comorbidities
Athena Chin¹, susan branford², Annabelle Small³, malcolm Smith¹, monika Kutyna⁴, Robert King⁵, Susanna Proudman⁶, Devendra Hiwase⁷ and Mihir Wechalekar⁸, ¹Flinders Medical Centre, KURRALTA PARK, South Australia, Australia, ²SA Pathology, Adelaide, ³Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia, ⁴South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, ⁵Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, ⁶Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Medindie, South Australia, Australia, ⁷Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, ⁸Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
Background/Purpose: Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the detection of recurrent somatic mutations, at a variant allele frequency (VAF) < ![if…
Abstract Number: 2607 • ACR Convergence 2025
ERS-RA as a Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Established Rheumatoid Arthritis: An External Validation
Misti Paudel¹, Katherine Liao², Jon Giles³, Joan Bathon⁴, Hongshu Guan⁵, Brendan Everett⁶, Leah Santacroce⁷, Nancy Shadick⁸, Michael Weinblatt⁹, Pamela Rist⁶ and Daniel Solomon¹⁰, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ³Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Columbia University, NEW YORK, NY, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The Expanded Risk Model for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERS-RA) incorporates traditional CV risk factors and RA-related measures of disease activity and has demonstrated better performance…
Abstract Number: 2276 • ACR Convergence 2025
Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk Following Tnfi vs Triple Therapy: A Post-hoc Analysis Integrating Randomized Clinical Trial and Electronic Health Record Data
Jennifer Hanberg¹, David Cheng², Xuan Wang³, Rahul Sangar⁴, Yuk-Lam Ho⁴, Lauren Costa⁴, Rachael Matty⁴, Candace Feldman¹, Tate Johnson⁵, Joshua Baker⁶, Bryant England⁵, J. Michael Gaziano¹, Kelly Cho⁷, James O'Dell⁵, Grant Cannon⁸, Paul Monach⁴, Ted Mikuls⁵, Tianxi Cai⁷ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are often avoided when treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with decompensated heart failure (HF), based on increased rates of…
Abstract Number: 1774 • ACR Convergence 2025
Citrullinated and Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Co-Modified Fibrinogen Activates Macrophages and Induces Pro-Fibrotic shift in Coronary Endothelium Phenotype
Nozima Aripova¹, Wenxian Zhou², Hannah Johnson¹, Michael Duryee¹, Kimberley Sinanan¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Tate Johnson¹, Mabruka Alfaidi¹, Daniel Anderson³, Kishore Bidasee¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ^30587964, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at increased risk for developing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which is characterized by impaired left ventricular…
Abstract Number: 1404 • ACR Convergence 2025
Higher cardiovascular risk and lymphoma development in primary Sjögren’s Syndrome with extraglandular involvement
Teresa Blázquez Sánchez¹, Antía García Fernández¹, Jorge Mairal Monesma², Arantxa Torres Roselló³, Elena Heras Recuero⁴, Raquel Largo Carazo⁵, Juan Antonio Martínez López⁶ and Miguel A. González-Gay⁷, ¹Fundacion Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigacion Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ³Fundacion Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Dias, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Instituto de Investigacion Fundacion Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, and Medicine and Psychiatry Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) can have a systemic involvement with extraglandular manifestations, which are associated with more severe disease and with higher risk of…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2025
Global Longitudinal, Circumferential, and Radial Strain in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Jennifer Elise Abdalla¹, Yuichiro Okushi², Zoran Popovic², Heba Wassif² and Soumya Chatterjee³, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, ³Cleveland Clinic, Richmond Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune rheumatologic disease characterized by fibrosis and vascular complications, which significantly impact various organs, including the heart. Cardiac…
Abstract Number: 0468 • ACR Convergence 2025
Performance of the expanded cardiovascular risk prediction score for rheumatoid arthritis (ERS-RA) in a nationwide multicenter Chinese cohort
Xingbei Dong¹, Nan Jiang², Hong Li³, Misti Paudel⁴, Jiangmei Liu⁵, Xinwang Duan⁶, Dongmei Wu⁷, Hongbin Li⁸, Fen Li⁹, Yongfu Wang¹⁰, Ju Liu¹¹, Shengqian Xu¹², Hui Luo¹³, huanzi dai¹⁴, Shuhong Chi¹⁵, Jian Xu¹⁶, Lijun Wu¹⁷, zhaohui zheng¹⁸, Jing Xue¹⁹, Xiaofu Yu²⁰, QIn Huang²¹, Xiaofei Shi²², Xiaomin Zhang²³, Yuehong Huo²⁴, Qian Wang², Xiaofeng Zeng²⁵, Daniel Solomon²⁶, Mengtao Li² and Xinping Tian², ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ³Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁵Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁶The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China (People's Republic), ⁷The People's Hospital of Yuxi City, Yuxi, China (People's Republic), ⁸The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China (People's Republic), ⁹The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China (People's Republic), ¹¹Affiliated Jiujiang Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiujiang, China (People's Republic), ¹²The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China (People's Republic), ¹³Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ¹⁴Daping Hospital & Research Institute of Surgery, Army Medical University, Chongqing, PR China., Chongqing, China (People's Republic), ¹⁵General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China (People's Republic), ¹⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (People's Republic), ¹⁷People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, China (People's Republic), ¹⁸Department of Clinical Immunology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (People's Republic), ¹⁹The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ²⁰Guyuan People’s Hospital, Guyuan, China (People's Republic), ²¹Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China (People's Republic), ²²The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of science and Technology, Luoyang, China (People's Republic), ²³Red Flag Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical College, Mudanjiang, China (People's Republic), ²⁴The Fifth People's Hospital of Datong, Datong, China (People's Republic), ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular (CV) events compared to the general population. However, this risk is often…
Abstract Number: 0072 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Baricitinib on Cardiovascular Health in Biologic-naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: A Comparative Study with TNF Inhibitors and Conventional DMARDs
Chary López pedrera¹, Laura muñoz-Barrera², Rafaela Ortega-Castro³, Sagrario Corrales², Jerusalen Calvo Gutierrez⁴, Concepción Aranda Valera⁵, Lourdes Ladehesa⁶, Pilar Font⁷, Ismael Sanchez-Pareja², Elena Moreno-Caño⁵, M Carmen Abalos-Aguilera⁸, Christian Merlo-Ruiz⁸, MARIA ANGELES AGUIRRE ZAMORANO², Pedro Seguí-Azpilcueta⁹, Tomás Cerdó², Nuria Barbarroja¹⁰, Rocío González Conejero¹¹, Constantino Martínez¹¹, Carlos Pérez Sánchez¹² and Alejandro Escudero¹³, ¹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, SpainBiomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁹Radiology Service, Reina Sofia Hospital/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba/University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹¹Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB Pascual Parrilla., Murcia, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic advances in RA have introduced effective treatments, including b/tsDMARDs such as Baricitinib. However, its cardiovascular safety profile remains unclear, partly due to the…
Abstract Number: 2608 • ACR Convergence 2025
Metabolic dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, and Cardiac Manifestations in Psoriasis
Maria Dons¹, Charlotte Näslund-Koch², Morten Sengeløv³, Sofie Bøgh-Sørensen³, Kristoffer Skaarup³, Marianne Bengtson Løvendorf⁴, Filip Davidovski³, Anne Marie Reimer Jensen³, Brittany Weber⁵, Lise Lotte Gluud⁶, Claus Zachariae², Lone Skov² and Tor Biering-Sørensen³, ¹Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ²Dep. of Dermatology and Allergy, Copenhagen University Hospital – Herlev & Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ³Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials, Dep. of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ⁴Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Copenhagen University Hospital – Herlev & Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, DEDHAM, MA, ⁶Gastro Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital – Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is increasingly recognized as a cardiometabolic risk factor. Individuals with psoriasis have a high prevalence of MASLD, yet…
Abstract Number: 2256 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improved Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Propensity Matched National Study
Qurat Ul Ain¹ and MIrza faris Ali Baig², ¹Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Arlington, VA, ²Medstar Health, Arlington, VA
Background/Purpose: The increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with rheumatoid arthritis has been increasingly acknowledged over the past decades. Cardiovascular disease risk management for…

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