Abstracts tagged "imaging techniques and uric acid"

Abstract Number: 212 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dual-Energy Computed Tomography for Monitoring of Urate Deposition in Tophaceous Gout: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Examining Sensitivity to Change
Ashwin Rajan¹, Opetaia Aati², Ramanamma Kalluru³, Gregory Gamble², Anne Horne², Anthony Doyle¹, Fiona M. McQueen⁴ and Nicola Dalbeth⁵, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Department of Rheumatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁵Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) is an advanced imaging method with potential for monitoring urate deposition in patients with gout. The aim of this prospective…
Abstract Number: 815 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploratory Analysis of Radiographic Change in Patients Treated with Intensive Urate-Lowering Therapy
Nicola Dalbeth¹, Anthony Doyle², Fiona M. McQueen³, John S. Sundy⁴ and Herbert S. B. Baraf⁵, ¹Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, MD
Background/Purpose: In patients with gout, tophi are strongly associated with radiographic damage. Effective urate-lowering therapy (ULT) reduces tophus size. However, no studies to date have…