Abstracts tagged "Doppler ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 113 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Power Doppler Signal Is Frequently Positive Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Remission and Normal Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) Levels
Tadashi Okano¹, Tatsuya Koike², Masahiro Tada¹, Kenji Mamoto¹, Yuko Sugioka¹, Atsuko Kamiyama² and Hiroaki Nakamura¹, ¹Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, ²Rheumatosurgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Serum matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) is useful bio markers of synovitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ultrasonography (US) has recently become more popular as a…
Abstract Number: 701 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vascular Differences Associated to Genetic Polymorphisms of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Mexican Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. A Preliminary Report
Maria Pilar Cruz-Dominguez¹, Maria Angeles Martinez-Godinez², Angel Miliar-Garcia², Daniel Hector Montes-Cortes³, Olga Vera-Lastra⁴, Luis J. Jara-Quezada⁵ and Anabel Reyes-Salazar⁶, ¹Division of Research, Hospital de Especialidades Centro Medico Nacional La Raza., Mexico, DF, Mexico, ²Postgraduate Studies and Research Section, Escuela Superior de Medicina. IPN,, Mexico, D.F., Mexico, ³Investigación, Hospital General CMN La Raza, IMSS, Mexico DF, Mexico, ⁴Internal Medicine, MD, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Direction of Education and Research, Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico La Raza, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶Angiology, Hospital de especialidades Centro Medico National “La Raza”, IMSS, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Background/Purpose: Vascular dysfunction usually is observed before clinically detectable fibrosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The eNOS catalyses the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), which maintains…
Abstract Number: 2107 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Subclinical Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Arthrosonographic Findings in Patients with Good Response to Therapy
Matthias Witt¹, Felix Mueller², Axel Nigg², Christiane Reindl³, Hendrik Schulze-Koops² and Mathias Grunke², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ²Division of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ³Division for Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target is a key principle in rheumatoid arthritis. Composite scores such as the DAS-28 help to monitor disease activity and response to therapy. However,…