Abstract Number: 0954 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dual-energy CT Predicts Mortality in Gout Patients: A 3-year Follow-up Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular events, chronic kidney disease and increased mortality are common in gout patients but what links them remains unclear. Tophaceous gout in particular is…Abstract Number: 1034 • ACR Convergence 2020
Trend of Treatment Plans, and Outcomes of Therapy in Cardiac Sarcoidosis via Analysis of Standardized Uptake Values Score and Ejection Fraction Using a Cardiac PET-CT
Background/Purpose: Pharmacological management of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) includes immunosuppressive therapy for active lesions, guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure, and antiarrhythmics. Our goal was to observe the various…Abstract Number: 1111 • ACR Convergence 2020
Intra-Articular Mineralization on Knee CT Increases Risk of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular (i.a.) calcium crystal deposition is common in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Low-grade inflammation related to crystals may contribute to knee pain, including pain fluctuation.…Abstract Number: 1192 • ACR Convergence 2020
Subclinical Coronary Calcification Associated with Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Large, multicenter studies established the strong prognostic value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring in asymptomatic individuals. Increasing CAC score is an independent predictor…Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Role of Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) in the Differentiation of Gout and Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
Background/Purpose: Differentiation of gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) is sometimes difficult as patients often present with a similar clinical picture. Arthrocentesis and subsequent…Abstract Number: 1550 • ACR Convergence 2020
Change in Tophus Size Measured with Dual-energy CT and Ultrasound: A 1-year Multicenter Follow-up Study
Background/Purpose: Dual-Energy computed tomography (DECT) and ultrasound are the two techniques able to identify and measure monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition, and both are considered…Abstract Number: 0041 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of the RPA3-UMAD1 Locus with Interstitial Lung Diseases Complicated with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Japanese
Background/Purpose: The genetic background of rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) has been evaluated in Europeans, but little knowledge has been obtained in non-Europeans. In particular,…Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Calcinosis in Dermatomyositis with Computed Tomography and Calcium Scoring
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a condition in which calcium salts are deposited in and around soft tissue and is observed in up to 30% of adult…Abstract Number: 0106 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Machine Learning-derived Radiomics Nomogram for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia
Background/Purpose: To discriminate osteoporosis and osteopenia using a quantitative computed tomography (QCT) radiomics signatures and clinical variables.Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 635 patients with QCT images and clinical characteristics from November…Abstract Number: 1558 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cinematic Rendering Enables Depiction of Bone Anabolic Effects in Patients Treated with Baricitinib
Background/Purpose: Preclinical studies show that tsDMARDs such as baricitinib may be a therapeutic agent for bone anabolic effects by increasing osteoblast function in inflammatory conditions.[1]…Abstract Number: 0398 • ACR Convergence 2020
Chest CT Ordering Practices at Expert Scleroderma Centers in the United States
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are commonly used…Abstract Number: 1881 • ACR Convergence 2020
In Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis, Bridging Syndesmophytes Increase Risk of Facet Joint Ankylosis Development on the Same Vertebral Level While Facet Joint Ankylosis Does Not Increase Risk of Same Level Syndesmophytes Development
Background/Purpose: In radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), spinal damage manifests as syndesmophytes and facet joint ankylosis (FJA). Whether there is an order in which lesion develops…Abstract Number: 0445 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dual-Energy CT in Gout Patients: Do All Color-Coded Lesions Actually Represent Monosodium Urate Crystals?
Background/Purpose: Dual-Energy CT (DECT) can acknowledge differences in tissue compositions and can color-code tissues with specific features including monosodium urate (MSU) crystals. However, when evaluating…Abstract Number: 2034 • ACR Convergence 2020
Resolving Phenotypic and Prognostic Differences in Interstitial Lung Disease Related to Systemic Sclerosis by Computed Tomography-based Radiomics
Background/Purpose: Radiomics describes the in-depth analysis of tissue phenotypes by computational retrieval of high-dimensional quantitative imaging features including tissue intensity, texture, and wavelet characteristics. Here,…Abstract Number: 0485 • ACR Convergence 2020
Non-obese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Low Low-density Lipoprotein Have Higher Coronary Atherosclerosis Burden, Greater Plaque Progression and Cardiovascular Event Risk
Background/Purpose: RA patients with low body weight incur higher mortality than obese patients. Paradoxically, RA patients in the lowest low-density lipoprotein group (LDL < 70…
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