Abstracts tagged "giant cell arteritis"

Abstract Number: 1618 • ACR Convergence 2022
Combined Orbital and Cranial Vessel Wall MRI for Diagnosis and Longitudinal Monitoring of Giant Cell Arteritis
Rennie Rhee, Shubhasree Banerjee, Vatsal Bhatt, Madhura Tamhankar, Quy Cao, Naomi Amudala, Sherry Chou, Morgan Burke, Laurie Loevner, Peter Merkel and Jae Song, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: In giant cell arteritis (GCA), there is a critical need to identify patients at risk for vision loss ("ocular GCA"). MRI evaluates neurovascular anatomy…
Abstract Number: 0460 • ACR Convergence 2022
Baseline Glucocorticoid Toxicity in the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Post Hoc Analysis of the GiACTA Trial
Naomi Patel¹, Xiaoqing Fu², yuqing zhang³ and John Stone⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) requires treatment with high-dose, long-term glucocorticoids (GCs). The development of future GC toxicities may be predicted by baseline toxicities. Thus,…
Abstract Number: 0477 • ACR Convergence 2022
Can Beta-blockers Prevent Aortic Dilation in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis and Large Vessel Vasculitis?
Hubert De Boysson¹, Anael DUMONT², Samuel DESHAYES², Alexandre Nguyen² and Achille Aouba¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, UR4650 PSIR, Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, CHU de Caen Normandie, Caen, France, ²Caen University Hospital, Caen, France
Background/Purpose: We analyzed whether the use of beta-blockers in addition to conventional care in patients with Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and large vessel vasculitis (LVV)…
Abstract Number: 0493 • ACR Convergence 2022
MRI Is Superior to Ultrasound of Supraaortic Arteries in Detecting Giant Cell Arteritis – Experience of a Single Center
Matthias Froehlich¹, Thorsten A. Bley², Marc Schmalzing³, Michael Gernert¹, Rudolf A. Werner⁴, Jost Hillenkamp⁵, Karl Georg Haeusler⁶ and Konstanze V. Guggenberger², ¹University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Internal Medicine II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Radiology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ³University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁴University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Nuclear medicine, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Ophtalmology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Neurology, Wuerzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques for the detection of mural inflammation are cornerstones in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2022
Silent Giant Cell Arteritis in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Characteristics and Peculiarities
Eugenio De Miguel¹, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI², Edoardo Conticini³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Rositsa Karalilova⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Cristina Ponte⁷, Giulia Klinowski², Irene Monjo⁸, Paolo Paolo Falsetti³, Anastas Batalov⁹, alessandro tomelleri⁴ and Alojzija Hocevar¹⁰, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ⁵Medical University of Plovdiv, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁶Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte EPE, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ¹⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are closely related diseases. PMR occurs in approximately 50 % of patients with GCA. In a…
Abstract Number: 0461 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Effects of Daily Prednisone and Tocilizumab on Hemoglobin A1c During the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis
Naomi Patel¹, Veronica Tozzo², John Higgins² and John Stone³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is used clinically to estimate patients' average blood glucose over the preceding few months and is affected by glycemic as well…
Abstract Number: 0478 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sonographic Prevalence of Subclinical GCA in Newly Diagnosed PMR
Colm Kirby¹, Rachael Flood¹, Ronan Mullan¹, Grainne Murphy² and David Kane¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose: It has been reported that 20-50% of patients with PMR have subclinical GCA. The natural history of US-defined subclinical GCA in PMR is not…
Abstract Number: 0494 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk for Visual Loss in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Anne Bull Haaversen¹, Lene Kristin Brekke², Tanaz Kermani³, Oyvind Molberg⁴ and Andreas Diamantopoulos⁵, ¹Martina Hansens Hospital, Hosle, Norway, ²Haugesund Revmatismesykehus, Haugesund, Nepal, ³University of California Los Angeles, West Hills, CA, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, ⁵Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) involves both the cranial and large vessels. Permanent visual loss is a feared complication reported in up to 19% of…
Abstract Number: 1620 • ACR Convergence 2022
Probability-based Diagnostic Algorithm in Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective, Multicentre Validity Data from HAS GCA Study
Alwin Sebastian¹, alessandro tomelleri², PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI³, Giulia Klinowski³, Carlo Salvarani⁴, Abdul Kayani⁵, Mohammad Tariq⁵, Diana Prieto-Peña⁶, Edoardo Conticini⁷, Muhammad Khurshid⁸, Sue Inness⁹, Jo Jackson⁹, Kornelis van der Geest¹⁰ and Bhaskar Dasgupta⁵, ¹University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Ireland, ²IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ³IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Azienda USL -IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Mid and South Essex University Hospital Groups, Southend, United Kingdom, ⁶Research 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, ⁷Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁸University Hospital Dorset, NHS foundation trust, UK, Poole, United Kingdom, ⁹University of Essex, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise science, Colchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The presentation of new-onset giant cell arteritis (GCA) is highly variable. It is vital to make a secure diagnosis to minimise the risk for…
Abstract Number: 0462 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increasing Incidence of Large Artery Manifestations in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis, a Population-based Cohort over 70 Years
Mohanad Elfishawi¹, Mahmut Kaymakci², Sara Achenbach³, Cynthia Crowson⁴, Tanaz Kermani⁵, Cornelia Weyand⁴, Matthew J. Koster¹ and Kenneth J. Warrington¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ⁵University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Screening for large artery manifestations has been adopted by clinicians managing patients with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). The contemporary effect of the increased use…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Prospective Study Evaluating the Utility of Ultrasound in Monitoring Newly-Diagnosed GCA
Colm Kirby¹, Rachael Flood¹, Ronan Mullan¹, Grainne Murphy² and David Kane¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose: In recent years, Temporal Artery US (TAUS) has become a reliable alternative to biopsy for diagnosing GCA. However, normalisation of pathologic findings have been…
Abstract Number: 0495 • ACR Convergence 2022
Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of GCA in the UK and Ireland
Leah Rooney¹, Lorraine O'Neill¹ and Eamonn Molloy², ¹St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²St Vincent's Healthcare Group, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary systemic vasculitis in adults, occurring in individuals over age 50, most frequently in women (3:1,…
Abstract Number: L19 • ACR Convergence 2021
Secukinumab in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Randomized, Parallel-group, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase 2 Trial
Nils Venhoff¹, Wolfgang Schmidt², Raoul Bergner³, Jürgen Rech⁴, Leonore Unger⁵, Hans-Peter Tony⁶, Meryl Mendelson⁷, Christian Sieder⁸, Meron Maricos⁸ and Jens Thiel⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vasculitis Center Freiburg, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Lindenberger Weg 19, 13125 Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ³Medizinische Klinik A, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054,, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Medical Department 1, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁶Department of Medicine 2, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Oberduerrbachertstr. 697080, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁸Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vasculitis Center Freiburg, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: Little is known about glucocorticoid-sparing agents in giant cell arteritis (GCA) except for IL-6 inhibition. Secukinumab (SEC) has shown significant improvements in the signs…
Abstract Number: 1398 • ACR Convergence 2021
Adrenal Insufficiency After Glucocorticoid Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis
Alojzija Hocevar¹, Rok Jese¹, Jelka Kramaric², Matija Tomšič³ and Ziga Rotar³, ¹UKC Ljubjana, Ljubjana, Slovenia, ²UKC Ljubjana, Ljubjana, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Adrenal insufficiency is frequently neglected and underappreciated complication of systemic glucocorticoid therapy. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of glucocorticoid induced adrenal insufficiency in…
Abstract Number: 1415 • ACR Convergence 2021
Temporal Artery Biopsy Reports Can Be Accurately Classified by Artificial Intelligence
Christopher McMaster¹, Victor Yang¹, Benjamin Sutu², Shereen Oon³, Gene-Siew Ngian³, Ian Wicks³, Russell Buchanan⁴ and David Liew¹, ¹Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ²Melbourne Health, South Yarra, Australia, ³Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia, ⁴Austin Health, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Studies of giant cell arteritis (GCA) rely on classifying temporal artery biopsies (TABs), the gold-standard diagnostic test. However, these results exist as free text,…

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