Abstracts tagged "Cardiovascular"

Abstract Number: 0908 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Association of Cardiovascular Comorbidities with Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Undergoing Treatment with Baricitinib and Conventional Synthetic DMARDs: A Post-Hoc Analysis
Arkady Manning-Bennett¹, Ashley Hopkins², Michael Sorich², Susanna Proudman³, David Foster¹, Ahmad Abuhelwa² and Michael Wiese¹, ¹University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, ²Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, ³Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that is characterised by inflammation in the synovium of diarthrodial joints and low-level inflammation in multiple…
Abstract Number: 1263 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Cardiovascular Risk on the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Ultrasound Halo Score for Giant Cell Arteritis
Juan Molina¹, KATERINE FABIOLA LOPEZ GLORIA², Isabel Castrejon³, Juan Carlos Nieto González¹, Julia Martinez-Barrio¹, Ana M Anzola Alfaro⁴, Javier Rivera⁴ and José María Älvaro-Gracia¹, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of cardiovascular risk (CVR) on the diagnostic accuracy of the ultrasonographic (US) Halo Score in patients with suspected giant cell…
Abstract Number: 1540 • ACR Convergence 2022
Correlations of Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Serum Levels with Markers of Inflammation and Pathological High-sensitivity Troponin T and Its Possible Role as a Predictor of Early Clinical Progress in Systemic Sclerosis
Luise Schumacher¹, Sebastian Klapa², Antje Mueller³ and Gabriela Riemekasten⁴, ¹University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ²Universityhospital Schleswig-Holstein; University of Lübeck; Clinic of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Luebeck, Germany, ³University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, ⁴University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Luebeck, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by chronic inflammation leading to damage of the vascular endothelium and excessive collagen deposition in several target organs. The…
Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vascular Calcifications Adjacent to the Involved Joint of Patients Diagnosed with Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis – a Retrospective Observational Study
Shay Brikman¹, Amir Bieber² and Reuven Mader¹, ¹Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, ²Emek Medical Center, Raanana, Israel
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have shown an association between chondrocalcinosis (CC) and vascular calcifications. In this study, we aimed to assess the presence of vascular calcifications…
Abstract Number: 2219 • ACR Convergence 2022
Time-Dependent Evaluation of Glucocorticoid Exposure Duration and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in a Cohort of Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Beth Wallace¹, Yuqing Gao², H. Myra Kim³, Punyasha Roul⁴, Ted Mikuls⁵, Daniel Clauw⁶, Bryant England⁷, Joshua Baker⁸, Brian Sauer⁹, Grant Cannon¹⁰, Shirley Cohen-Mekelberg¹, Wyndy Wiitala², Jeremy Sussman¹, Rodney Hayward¹ and Akbar Waljee¹, ¹University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Michigan Department of Anesthesia, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Retired, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Three-quarters of RA patients use glucocorticoids (GC) at some point to manage RA symptoms. Prior work suggests recent GC use is associated with major…
Abstract Number: 0251 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells Cytoplasmic 1 as a Potential Biomarker of Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sara Remuzgo-Martinez¹, Fernanda Genre¹, Veronica Pulito-Cueto², Alfonso Corrales¹, Virgi Portilla¹, Leticia Lera-Gómez¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, María Sebastián Mora-Gil¹, J Gonzalo Ocejo-Vinyals³, Oreste Gualillo⁴, Ricardo Blanco⁵, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁶, Santos Castañeda⁷, Raquel Lopez Mejias² and Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁸, ¹Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS (Servizo Galego de Saude) and IDIS (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago), NEIRID Lab (Neuroendocrine Interactions in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), Research Laboratory 9, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Division of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: NFKB1, NKIRAS1, NFATc1, NFATc2 and MTHFR, inflammation and immune response-related genes, predispose to the increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients with RA…
Abstract Number: 0575 • ACR Convergence 2022
Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Risks Among Patients Who Initiated Treatment with Denosumab or Zoledronic Acid for Osteoporosis
Leslie Spangler¹, Carrie Nielson¹, M Alan Brookhart², Rohini K Hernandez¹, Robert Kees Stad³ and Jay Lin¹, ¹Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ²NoviSci, Inc., Durham, NC, ³Amgen Inc., Zug, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: There has been inconsistent evidence published regarding the cardio- and cerebrovascular benefits and risks of anti-osteoporosis medications. EU regulators requested Amgen to evaluate the…
Abstract Number: 0909 • ACR Convergence 2022
Unsupervised Clustering Analysis of Circulating Molecular Profiles in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Defines Precise CV Risk. Effects of TNFi, IL6Ri, and JAKinibs
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Laura Muñoz-Barrera¹, Tomás Cerdó², Maria Luque-Tevar³, Pilar Font¹, Montserrat Romero-Gomez², Desiree Ruiz-Vilchez⁴, Sara Remuzgo-Martinez⁵, Raquel Lopez Mejias⁶, María Carmen Ábalos-Aguilera⁷, Rafaela Ortega-Castro¹, José Perez-Venegas⁸, Mª Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos⁸, Carmen Dominguez⁸, Carlos Rodriguez-Escalera⁹, Carmen Romero-Barco⁹, Antonio Fernandez-Nebro¹⁰, Natalia Mena Vazquez¹⁰, Jose Luis Marenco¹¹, Julia Uceda Montañez¹¹, Charo Santos¹², Nuria Barbarroja¹, Mª Angeles Aguirre¹³, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras², Eduardo Collantes¹, Miguel Ángel González-Gay¹⁴ and Carlos Pérez-Sánchez¹, ¹IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ³IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁶IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Imibic/ University of Córdoba/ Reina Sofía Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ⁸Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, ⁹Virgen de la Victoria Hospital, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁰Regional University Hospital of Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ¹¹Virgen de Valme University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, ¹²Virgen de Valme University Hospital, Málaga, Spain, ¹³Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁴Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to 1) Analyze the circulating inflammatory profile of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients, in order to recognize distinctive clinical phenotypes associated with…
Abstract Number: 1391 • ACR Convergence 2022
Inadequate Cardiovascular Disease Risk Screening and Preventative Treatment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tooba Munawar¹, Farzam Khokhar² and Andras Perl³, ¹SUNY Upstate Medical Unviersity, Jamesville, NY, ²SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³SUNY, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease. Patients with RA are at risk of accelerated cardiovascular disease (CVD). The purpose of this study…
Abstract Number: 1578 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long-term Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Following Kawasaki Disease in Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Francis Lao¹, Cal Robinson², Megan Schlorff¹, Joycelynn Ewusie³, KAREN BEATTIE¹ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a common childhood vasculitis. Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) develop in approximately 25% of untreated KD patients. However, there is limited…
Abstract Number: 1827 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Updated Cardiovascular Risk Tool SCORE2 Provides No Advantage in Identifying Patients with Gout and Carotid Atheroma Plaques
Ernesto Tovar-Sugrañes, Maria-Carmen Lopez-Gonzalez, Cristina Rodriguez-Alvear, Elisabet Perea-Martinez and Mariano Andrès, Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Standard cardiovascular (CV) risk assessment tool (SCORE, Framingham Heart Study) performed inaccurately in patients with gout and carotid atheroma plaques (thus, at high CV…
Abstract Number: 2270 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evidence for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Blood-derived Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Isolated from Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Lida Kabir, Robert Maughan, Koralia Paschalaki, Anna Randi, David Carling, Deepa Arachchillage, Justin Mason and Charis Pericleous, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The endothelium is a major target of pathogenic antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) found in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). It is well established that aPL…
Abstract Number: L06 • ACR Convergence 2021
Comparative Safety of Gout “Treat-to-target” and “Usual Care” Treatment Strategies on Cardiovascular Outcomes Using Observational Data: Causal Inference Approach
Kazuki Yoshida, Jun Liu, Daniel Solomon, Robert J Glynn and Seoyoung Kim, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology societies recommend serum-urate (SU)-driven treat-to-target (TTT) strategies for the management of gout. However, cardiovascular (CV) safety of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) has been questioned.…
Abstract Number: L11 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cardiovascular Risk of Hydroxychloroquine in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
ELVIRA D'ANDREA¹, Rishi Desai², Mengdong He³, Robert Glynn⁴, Hemin Lee², Michael Weinblatt², Daniel Solomon⁵ and Seoyoung Kim², ¹Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a commonly used 1st-line disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the U.S., while methotrexate (MTX) is…
Abstract Number: 0277 • ACR Convergence 2021
Best Cardiovascular Risk Algorithm to Predict Abnormalities in Left Ventricular Geometry in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Alejandra Rodriguez-Romero, Jose Azpiri-Lopez, Dionicio Galarza-Delgado, Iris Colunga-Pedraza, Jose A. Davila-Jimenez, Natalia Guajardo-Jauregui, Alejandro Meza-Garza, Julieta Loya-Acosta, Jesus Cardenas-de La Garza, Salvador Lugo-Perez, Alan De Leon-Yañez and Catalina Andrade-Vazquez, Hospital Universitario "Dr Jose E. Gonzalez", Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: A relationship between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the presence of abnormalities in left ventricular (LV) geometry such as eccentric remodeling has recently been determined,…

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