Abstracts tagged "Computed tomography (CT)"

Abstract Number: 0173 • ACR Convergence 2021
Greater High-density Lipoprotein Levels over Time Are Linked to Lower Coronary Plaque Formation, Regression and Stabilization of High-risk Lesions in Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, sarah ormseth², Elizabeth Hernandez² and Matthew Budoff³, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²The Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ³Division of Cardiology, and the Lundquist Institute ay Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: The relationship between serum lipoproteins and cardiovascular (CV) disease risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is complex. Their levels and function may vary based on…
Abstract Number: 0176 • ACR Convergence 2021
Semi-quantitative Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Analysis in Pediatric Rheumatologic (PR) Patients with Diffuse Lung Disease
Michal Cidon¹, Terry Robinson², Beverley Newman³, Paul Iskander², Paul Thacker⁴, Evan Zucker³, Brian Bartholmai⁴, Dnyanesh Tipre², Tzielan Lee⁵, Rajdeep Pooni⁶ and Rex Moats², ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Stanford Children's Health, Stanford, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Spiral chest CT (SCT) is commonly used to evaluate subclinical lung disease in pediatric rheumatology. However, there are no validated scoring tools to objectively…
Abstract Number: 0270 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of Macrophage Cholesterol Loading Capacity and Interactions with Treatments on Cardiovascular Risk and Coronary Atherosclerosis Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, Bianca Papotti², sarah ormseth³, Marcella Palumbo⁴, Elizabeth Hernandez³, Cinzia Marchi⁴, Francesca Zimetti⁴, Matthew Budoff⁵, Franco Bernini⁴ and Nicoletta Ronda⁴, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²2. Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Italy, Parma, Italy, ³The Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁴Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, ⁵Division of Cardiology, and the Lundquist Institute ay Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Statins and bDMARDs may decrease cardiovascular risk in RA by lowering coronary plaque formation, promoting regression and altering the composition of atherosclerotic lesions. Macrophage…
Abstract Number: 0408 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Histogram-based Densitometry Index to Support the Identification and the Assessment of Severity of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: Applicability in Conventional and Low-dose Computed Tomography
COSIMO BRUNI¹, Alexandru Garaiman², Lorenzo Tofani³, Suzana Jordan⁴, Carmen-Marina Mihai⁴, Rucsandra Dobrota⁴, Muriel ELHAI⁵, Mike Oliver Becker⁴, Marco Matucci-Cerinic³ and Oliver Distler⁶, ¹University of Florence, Department of Rheumatology, Florence, Italy & Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Florence, Italy, ²University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁶Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich/University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: High resolution computed tomography (conventional CT) represents the diagnostic gold standard for systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). A low-dose 9-slices (reduced) CT protocol…
Abstract Number: 0467 • ACR Convergence 2021
Assessing the Extent of Lumbosacral Spinal Urate Deposition in Patients with Tophaceous and Nontophaceous Gout Compared with Non-gout Controls Using Dual-Energy CT (DECT)
Michael Toprover¹, Michael Mechlin¹, Anastasia Slobodnick¹, Virginia Pike¹, Cheongeun Oh¹, Claudine Davis¹, Theodore Fields², Fabio Becce³ and Michael Pillinger⁴, ¹NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY
Background/Purpose: Axial gout involvement was first reported in 1950 (1). Over 100 cases have subsequently been published. Reported cases have presented as acute back pain,…
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
Rabia Gill¹, Martin Lavellee¹, Michael Petrides¹, Sarah Ford¹, Gurukripa Kowlgi², Huzaefah Syed³ and Adam Sima³, ¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³VCU Health, Richmond, VA
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
Tuhina Neogi¹, John Lynch², Mohamed Jarraya³, David Felson¹, Na Wang¹, James Torner⁴, Cora Lewis⁵, Michael Nevitt⁶ and Ali Guermazi¹, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, ⁴University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁵University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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
George Karpouzas¹, Sarah Ormseth¹, Elizabeth Hernandez¹ and Matthew Budoff¹, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA
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
Dmitrij Kravchenko¹, Pantelis Karakostas², Peter Brossart³, Charlotte Behning⁴, Carsten Meyer¹ and Valentin Schaefer⁵, ¹Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany, ²Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany, ³Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ⁴Institute for Medical Biometrics, Informatics and Epidemiology (IMBIE), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ⁵Clinic ofInternal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany
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
Tristan Pascart¹, Pascal Richette², Sebastien Ottaviani³, Laurène Norberciak¹, Hang Korng EA⁴, Frédéric Lioté⁵, Jérémy Ora⁶, Julie Legrand¹, Valérie Bousson⁶, Elyas Mahdjoub⁷ and Jean--Francois Budzik⁸, ¹GHICL, Lomme, France, ²Department of Rheumatology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology Department, Bichat hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁴Universite de Paris, AP-HP, INSERM, paris, France, ⁵AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁶Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ⁸University of Lille, Lille, France
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
Yuya Shirai¹, Suguru Honda², Katsunori Ikari³, Masahiro Kanai⁴, Yoshito Takeda⁵, Yoichiro Kamatani⁶, Takayuki Morisaki⁷, Eiichi Tanaka⁸, Atsushi Kumanogoh⁹, Masayoshi Harigai¹⁰ and Yukinori Okada¹¹, ¹Osaka university, Suita, Japan, ²Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku, Japan, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁵Osaka university, Osaka, ⁶Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷The institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Osaka university, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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
Prateek Gowda¹, Briana Cervantes², Lisa G. Rider³, Frederick W. Miller⁴, Marcus Chen⁴ and Adam Schiffenbauer⁴, ¹NIBIB, Baltimore, MD, ²NIEHS, Silver Spring, MD, ³Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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
Qianrong Xie¹, Yue Chen², Yimei Hu³, Fanwei Zeng⁴, Pingxi Wang⁴, Lin Xu⁵, Jianhong Wu⁶, Jie Li¹, Jing Zhu⁷, Ming Xiang⁸ and Fanxin Zeng⁹, ¹Department of Clinical Research Center, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Orthopedics, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of bone disease, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ⁵Department of medical imaging, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁸Department of Orthopedics, Sichuan Provincial Orthopedic Hospital, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁹Department of Clinical Research Center, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, Sichuan, China (People's Republic)
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
Sara Bayat¹, David Simon², Louis Schuster², Georg Schett³ and Arnd Kleyer², ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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
Elana Bernstein¹, John VanBuren², Shervin Assassi³, Flavia Castelino⁴, Lorinda Chung⁵, Chase Correia⁶, Luke Evnin⁷, Tracy Frech⁸, Emily Startup², Jessica Gordon⁹, Faye Hant¹⁰, Laura Hummers¹¹, Nora Sandorfi¹², Ami Shah¹³, Victoria Shanmugam¹⁴, Virginia Steen¹⁵ and Dinesh Khanna¹⁶, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Texas Houston McGovern Medical School, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, Houston, TX, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine and Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁷Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ⁸University of Utah and Salt Lake Veterans Affair Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁰Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹¹Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Ellicott City, MD, ¹²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ¹⁴The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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…

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