Abstract Number: 1182 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Fluorescence Optical Imaging in the Diagnosis of Individuals Suspected of Arthritis Development – a Probabilistic Approach
Background/Purpose: Among the arsenal of available techniques for arthritis prediction and diagnosis, fluorescence optical imaging (FOI) has shown to be useful in detecting clinically manifest…Abstract Number: 2658 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Giant Cell Arteritis Diagnostic Workup Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) has traditionally been diagnosed by a combination of symptoms, clinical findings, laboratory results, and temporal artery biopsy. More recently, imaging…Abstract Number: L15 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Diagnostic Accuracy of PET/CT Scan of the Head, Neck and Thorax Compared with Temporal Artery Biopsy in Patients Newly Suspected of Having GCA
Background/Purpose: The diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT against temporal artery biopsy (TAB) in patients suspected of having GCA has not been well studied. PET/CT has traditionally…Abstract Number: 2905 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Diagnosis of Large Vessel Inflammation in New-Onset Treatment-Naïve GCA Patients Using Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT As the Reference Standard – a Prospective Study of 86 Patients Suspected of GCA
Background/Purpose: EULAR recommendations suggest diagnostic imaging in all GCA suspects. Vascular ultrasound (US) is cheap, readily available and the recommended first line examination in cranial…Abstract Number: 438 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Characterizes Osteoarthritis: Ultrasound-Detected Inflammation but Not Osteophytes Is More Common in Hand Osteoarthritis Than in Painless Bony Enlargements
Background/Purpose: To study structural and inflammatory ultrasound lesions in elderly subjects with hand osteoarthritis (HOA) as well as in pain-free subjects with bony enlargements of…Abstract Number: 792 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Esophageal Dysmotility in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical VALUE of Computed Tomography
Background/Purpose: Esophageal dysmotility is common in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), affecting 50-80% of patients, usually associated with poor prognosis. SSc leads to atrophy and fibrosis of…Abstract Number: 1202 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenosynovial Aspiration By Ultrasound Guidance: Even Small Volumes Can Have a Big Impact
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists commonly use synovial fluid analysis to help establish a diagnosis in patients with joint effusions. Although tenosynovial (TS) effusions are common in rheumatic…Abstract Number: 1448 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Impact of Articular Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Follow-up of Patients with Polyarthritis
Background/Purpose: It is well established in the literature that musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is more sensitive than clinical examination in the detection of synovitis. MSUS can…Abstract Number: 1913 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Management of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiomyopathy in the Rheumatologist World: A Retrospective Review of Diagnostic Tools and Treatment Decisions for Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Background/Purpose: Cardiac sarcoidosis has been noted in 2-7% of patients with sarcoidosis. However, the incidence is >20% based on necropsy data. Given the poor yield…Abstract Number: 2211 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Technetium Tc 99m Tilmanocept: A Targeted Immunodiagnostic Radiopharmaceutical for the Assessment of Synovial Macrophage Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages are a critical component of the inflammatory etiology of RA. It is well established that these macrophages perpetuate joint inflammation and destruction…Abstract Number: 12L • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Intravenous Injection of Tc 99m Tilmanocept in Static Planar Gamma Emission Imaging and Fused SPECT/CT Imaging for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages play a critical role in RA by perpetuating inflammation via TNFα release and participating in the destruction of bone and cartilage. Notably,…Abstract Number: 244 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Imaging on PET-CT Using a Novel Folate Receptor Ligand for Macrophage Targeting
Background/Purpose: PET imaging with macrophage tracers has been shown promising for detection of (sub)clinical synovitis, making it useful for both early diagnostics and therapy monitoring…Abstract Number: 258 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Echocardiographic Findings in Connective Tissue Diseases – a Retrospective Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Echocardiography is frequently performed in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD), mostly to evaluate cardiac involvement or development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (paH). Despite…Abstract Number: 261 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound CUT-Off in GIANT CELL Arteritis a Solution to Arteriosclerosis Pitfall in the Halo Sign
Background/Purpose: At the age of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) atherosclerosis is common. The ultrasonographic (US) appearance of athermanous plaque is usually easily differentiated from the…Abstract Number: 262 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
FDG PET/CT Visualization of Inflammation in Temporal and Maxillary Arteries in Treatment-Naive GCA Patients
Background/Purpose: Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT is increasingly used to diagnose large vessel GCA (LV-GCA), but has previously been considered unable to reveal inflammation in temporal arteries…
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