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Abstracts tagged "giant cell arteritis"

  • Abstract Number: 0767 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Comparing Large Vessel Uptake of 68Ga-HA-DOTATATE to 18F-FDG Using PET/CT Imaging in Patients with Active Giant Cell Arteritis

    Alison Clifford1, Jonathan Abele1, Ryan Hung1, Paolo Raggi1, Frank Wuest1, Jan Andersson1, Elaine Yacyshyn2, Eric Lenza1, Glen Jickling1 and Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert1, 1University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Background/Purpose: 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) is the current standard among radiotracers for PET/CT imaging of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in giant cell arteritis (GCA), but its performance…
  • Abstract Number: 1623 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Sex Differences in Phenotypes and Imaging Examination in Giant Cell Arteritis: Data from the ARTESER Registry

    Delia Fernández-Lozano1, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro2, Javier Narvaez-García3, Noemí Garrido-Puñal4, Eugenio De Miguel5, Paula Estrada-Alarcón6, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez7, Maite Silva-Diaz8, Joaquín M Belzunegui9, Clara Moriano10, Julio Sánchez-Martín11, Itziar Calvo12, Vicente Aldasoro13, lydia Abasolo Alcazar14, Javier Loricera15, Patricia Moya16, María García-Villanueva17, Fernando Sánchez-Alonso2, Santos Castañeda18, José L. Hernández19 and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso20, and ARTESER Project Collaborative Group, 1Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 2Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, 5Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 6Hospital de San Juan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, 7Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, 8Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, 9Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, 10Hospital León, LEON, Spain, 11Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 12Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, 13Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 14IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Spain, 15Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 16Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 17Hospital Ramón y Cajal, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, 18Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 19University of Cantabria. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 20Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a predominantly female vasculitis. There are several studies that attempt to report the differences in the presentation of this…
  • Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Cluster Analysis of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Subpopulations Using Deep Immunophenotyping, Multiplex Serum Cytokines and Small Lipid Mediators at the Very Early Stages of Steroid Treatment in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

    Dimitrios Anastasios Palamidas1, Maria Papadaki2, Nikolaos Paschalidis3, Eleftherios Pavlos4, Loukas chatzis1, Ourania Argyropoulou5, Panagiota Palla5, Ioanna-Evdokia Galani6, Andreas Goules7, Evangelos Andreakos4 and Athanasios Tzioufas8, 1Pathophysiology Department, Athens School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Cholargos Athens, Greece, 2Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, 115 27, Greece., Cholargos Athens, Attiki, Greece, 3Mass Cytometry-CyTOF Laboratory, Center for Clinical Research, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, Cholargos Athens, Greece, 4Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, 115 27, Greece., Athens, Greece, 5Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece., Athens, Greece, 6Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, 115 27, Greece., Cholargos Athens, Greece, 7GENERAL HOSPITAL LAIKO ATHENS, Athens, Greece, 8LAIKO HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece

    Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) are autoimmune/autoinflammatory disorders affecting patients over 50 years and are characterized by an acute inflammatory response.…
  • Abstract Number: 0077 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Circulating CD4+CXCR5-PD-1hiICOS+ Cells Are Elevated in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Giant Cell Arteritis and Associate with the Clinical Outcome

    Maria-Eugenia Miranda-Carus1, Beatriz Nieto-Carvalhal1, Irene Monjo2, Mariela Uyaguari-Morocho1, Irene Casado-Juárez3, Alejandro Balsa4 and Eugenio De Miguel4, 1Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, 2University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large-vessel granulomatous vasculitis. It is characterized by the presence at the inflamed arterial walls, of activated PD-1+ CD4…
  • Abstract Number: 1133 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Exploring the Clinical Characteristics and Correlation with Corticosteroid Dependence in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Patients: Insights from an Academic Center

    William Rigby1, Todd Mackenzie2, Emily Campbell1, Joshua Skydel3, Bryan Savage1, Monica Dimambro2 and Vivekanand Tiwari1, 1Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 2Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 3Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

    Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) treatment is primarily based on long-term corticosteroids, which results in significant toxicities. Studies1,2 have shown that patients with PMR are exposed…
  • Abstract Number: 2388 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Increased Risk of Severe Infections in Early Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population- based Study

    Nazanin Naderi1, Aladdin Mohammad2, Karin Wadström3, Ulf Bergström3 and Carl Turesson3, 1Lund University, Kristiandstad, Sweden, 2Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 3Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common type of vasculitis in adults aged 50 years or older. Although the substantial morbidity from infections…
  • Abstract Number: 2405 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Role of Mitochondria in Activation of Platelets in Giant Cell Arteritis

    Despoina Michailidou1, Peter Grayson2, Payton Hermanson1, Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa1, David Cuthbertson3, Nader A. Khalidi4, Curry Koening5, Carol Langford6, Carol McAlear7, Larry Moreland8, Christian Pagnoux9, Philip Seo10, Antoine G Sreih11, Kenneth Warrington12, Paul Monach13, Peter Merkel7 and Christian Lood1, 1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, 3University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 4McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 5University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, 6Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 7University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 8University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 9Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 10Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 11Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton Pike, NJ, 12Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 13VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: We recently found extracellular mitochondrial-derived N-formyl methionine in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA. Extracellular mitochondria can be extruded by several mechanisms, including platelet…
  • Abstract Number: 2423 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Concordance Between the 1990 ACR Classification Criteria and the New 2022 ACR/EULAR 2022 Criteria in Giant Cell Arteritis

    Julio Sanchez Martin1, Julia Medina Valle1, Javier Loricera1, Maria Fe Garcia Reija1 and Ricardo Blanco2, 1Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Classification criteria for vasculitis, including giant cell arteritis (GCA) are under constant revision. In 2022, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism…
  • Abstract Number: 0080 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Pharmacological Inhibition of PRMT5 Demonstrates Broad Efficacy in Multiple Preclinical Models of Autoimmunity and Inflammation by Suppressing Th1, Th17 and TNF-Mediated Inflammatory Responses

    Neha Bhagwat1, Kumar Penmetsa2, Matt Devalaraja3, Suzana Marusic4, Cornelia M. Weyand5, Shozo Ohtsuki6, Peggy Scherle1 and Kris Vaddi1, 1Prelude Therapeutics, Inc, Wilmington, DE, 2Thermo Fisher Scientific, Philadelphia, PA, 3Nipuna Therapeutics, Waltham, MA, 4Hooke Laboratories LLC, Lawrence, MA, 5Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN, 6Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Rochester, MN

    Background/Purpose: Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) is the major type II PRMT that catalyzes the formation of symmetrical dimethyl arginine (SDMA) on protein substrates and…
  • Abstract Number: 1538 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Large Vessel Involvement in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody- Associated Vasculitis: A Single Center Experience over Two Decades

    Mahmut Kaymakci1, Mohanad Elfishawi1, Hannah Langenfeld2, Andrew Hanson2, Cynthia Crowson1, Melanie Bois1, Umar Ghaffar1, Ulrich Specks1, Matthew Koster1 and Kenneth Warrington1, 1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) is currently categorized under the small vessel vasculitides and includes granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA),…
  • Abstract Number: 2389 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Calprotectin (S100A8/S100A9) and Serumamyloid A Are Not Superior to C Reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Monitoring Disease Activity in Giant Cell Arteritis – Treated with or Without Tocilizumab

    Matthias Froehlich1, Marc Schmalzing2, Hannah Labinsky3, Jan Portegys3, Ottar Gadeholt4, Patrick-Pascal Strunz1, Eva C. Schwaneck5, Marcus Dittrich6, Tobias Mueller7 and Michael Gernert3, 1Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 2University Hospital, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany, 3Medical Department II, Rheumatology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 4Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 5MVZ Rheumatologie und Autoimmunmedizin Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, 6Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, D-97074 University of Würzburg, Germany ; Institute for Human Genetics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, D-97074 University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 7Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, D-97074 University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Monitoring disease activity in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) remains challenging as standard inflammation parameters, i.e., C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte…
  • Abstract Number: 2406 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Risk of Large Vessel Complications in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis, a Population-based Study

    Mohanad Elfishawi1, Mahmut Kaymakci1, Sara Achenbach2, Cynthia Crowson1, Tanaz Kermani3, Cornelia M. Weyand4, Matthew Koster1 and Kenneth Warrington1, 1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, 3University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 4Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN

    Background/Purpose: Large vessel (LV) complications are known to occur in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). The magnitude of risk compared to the general population…
  • Abstract Number: 2424 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Exploring the Limit of Image Resolution for Human Expert Classification of Vascular Ultrasound Images in Giant Cell Arteritis and Healthy Subjects: The GCA-US-AI Project

    Valentin Sebastian Schäfer1, Stavros Chrysidis2, Christian Dejaco3, Sara Monti4, Matthew Koster5, Pantelis Karakostas1, Wolfgang Schmidt6, Eugenio De Miguel7, Christina Duftner8, Alojzija Hocevar9, Annamaria Iagnocco10, Marcin Milchert11, Chetan Mukhtyar12, Cristina Ponte13, Lene Terslev14, Tanaz Kermani15, Uffe Møller Døhn16, Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen17, Aaron Juche18, Luca Seitz19, Minna Kohler20, Kresten Keller21, Rositsa Karalilova22, Thomas Daikeler23, Sarah Mackie24, Karina Torralba25, Kornelis van der Geest26, Dennis Boumans27, Philipp Bosch28, Alessandro Tomelleri29, Markus Aschwanden30, Peter Brossart1, Charlotte Behning31 and Claus Juergen Bauer1, 1Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2Department of Rheumatology, Southwest Jutland Hospital Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark, 3Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy, 4Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 5Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 6Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, 7Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 8Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 9Department of Rheumatology, Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 10University of Turin, Roma, Italy, 11Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Diabetology, Geriatrics and Clinical Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, 12Vasculitis service, Rheumatology department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, 13Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 14Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, 15Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 16Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Medicine, The Regional Hospital in Horsens, Horsens, Denmark, 18Department of Rheumatology, Immanuel Hospital, Berlin, Germany, 19Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 20Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 21Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 22Clinic of Rheumatology, Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 23Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 24Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, 25Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 26Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 27Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hospital Group Twente, Almelo, Netherlands, 28Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 29Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, 30Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 31Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in adults, necessitating prompt diagnosis to prevent severe complications. However, access to expert…
  • Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Impact and Cardiovascular Outcomes of Large Vessel Vasculitis in Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalization: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Study

    Sabahat Usmani1, Yanint Raksadawan1, Amro Taha1, Harigopal Sandhyavenu1, Jalpan Patel1, Thatiana Schulze Goni1, Hafiz Muhammad Waqar Younas1 and Irisha Badu2, 1Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

    Background/Purpose: Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly treated cardiac arrhythmia, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recent research is suggestive that autoimmunity and inflammation might…
  • Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Baseline Vascular Ultrasound of Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients at Time of Diagnosis Predicts Clinical Outcomes at 3 Months

    Sharon Cowley1, Colm Kirby2, Patricia Harkins3, Richard Conway4 and David Kane5, 1Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 2Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 3St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 4Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Background/Purpose: It has been reported that up to a quarter of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) have subclinical giant cell arteritis (GCA). It is currently…
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